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  • 11weir basin — noun : a wide approach to the upstream side of an irrigation weir constructed so as to reduce to a minimum the effect of the momentum of the approaching water on the flow over the weir …

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  • 12weir — [OE] A weir is etymologically a structure for ‘hindering’ the flow of water. The word’s Old English ancestor was derived from the verb werīan ‘defend, protect’, also ‘hinder’, and hence by extension ‘dam up’, which was distantly related to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 13weir — [OE] A weir is etymologically a structure for ‘hindering’ the flow of water. The word’s Old English ancestor was derived from the verb werīan ‘defend, protect’, also ‘hinder’, and hence by extension ‘dam up’, which was distantly related to… …

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  • 14weir — noun Etymology: Middle English were, from Old English wer; akin to Old Norse ver fishing place, Old High German werien, werren to defend Date: before 12th century 1. a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish 2. a dam in a stream or… …

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  • 15weir — noun a) an adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream b) a fence placed across a river to catch fish …

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  • 16weir —    A dam across a water course to control, raise, or measure water flow [16] …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 17Weir —   A dam in a waterway over which water flows and that serves to raise the water level or to direct or regulate flow.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …

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  • 18weir — [wɪə] noun 1》 a low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow. 2》 an enclosure of stakes set in a stream as a trap for fish. Origin OE wer, from werian dam up …

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  • 19weir — noun (C) 1 a low structure built across a river or stream to control the flow of water 2 a wooden fence built across a stream to make a pool where you can catch fish …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20weir — [wɪə] noun [U] a place in a river or stream where a wall has been built across it in order to control the flow of water …

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