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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: weir (0.00918 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to weir.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: weir
weir
n 1: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert
its flow
2: a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain
fish
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Weir
Weir
\Weir\ (w[=e]r), Wear
\Wear\,n. [OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to
G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren,
Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v[.r] to
check, hinder. [root]142. Cf.
Garret.]
1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the
purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond,
or the like.
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2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a
stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
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3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a
vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, --
used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
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