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weir

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

weirn. [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 to check, hinder. Garret.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

weir, n.
1 a dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow.
2 an enclosure of stakes etc. set in a stream as a trap for fish.

Etymology
OE wer f. werian dam up

THESAURUS

weir

aboideau, air lock, arch dam, avenue, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, blowhole, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, channel, chute, cofferdam, dam, debouch, defense, dike, ditch, dock gate, door, earthwork, egress, embankment, emunctory, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit, fence, flood-hatch, floodgate, flume, gate, gravity dam, groin, head gate, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, levee, lock, lock gate, logjam, loophole, milldam, moat, mole, mound, opening, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, parapet, penstock, pore, port, portcullis, rampart, roadblock, rock-fill dam, sally port, seawall, shutter dam, sluice, sluice gate, spiracle, spout, stone wall, tap, tide gate, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, wall, water gate, way out, wicket dam, work

ROGET THESAURUS

weir

Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Conduit

N conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race, head race, tail race, abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito, acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre, arroyo, adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile, flume, ingate, runner, lock-weir, tedge, vena, dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon, piscina, pipe, funnel, tunnel, water pipe, waste pipe, emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper, adjutage, ajutage, hose, gargoyle, gurgoyle, penstock, weir, flood gate, water gate, sluice, lock, valve, rose, waterworks, pipeline, vascular.


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