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noria
(encz) | noria, n: |
Noria
(gcide) | Noria \No"ri*a\ (n[=o]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [Sp., from Ar.
n[=a]'[=u]ra.]
A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against
its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by
which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in
Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian
wheel.
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noria
(wn) | noria
n 1: a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to
raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel |
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manorial
(encz) | manorial,panský manorial,velkostatkářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
noria
(encz) | noria, n: |
Anticlinoria
(gcide) | Anticlinorium \An`ti*cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. Anticlinoria.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros
mountain.] (Geol.)
The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting
from a geanticlinal.
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Limnoria lignorum
(gcide) | Gribble \Grib"ble\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zool.)
A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or
Limnoria terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly
destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both
in Europe and America.
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Limnoria terebrans
(gcide) | Gribble \Grib"ble\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zool.)
A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or
Limnoria terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly
destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both
in Europe and America.
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Manorial
(gcide) | Manorial \Ma*no"ri*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a manor. " Manorial claims." --Paley.
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Norian
(gcide) | Norian \No"ri*an\, a. [From norite.] (Geol.)
Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. --T.
S. Hunt.
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Synclinoria
(gcide) | Synclinorium \Syn`cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. Synclinoria. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ? to lay together + ? mountain.] (Geol.)
A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a
geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and
upturning. --Dana.
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manorial
(wn) | manorial
adj 1: of or relating to or based on the manor; "manorial
accounts" |
noria
(wn) | noria
n 1: a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to
raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel |
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