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CANAL |
Water passage |
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LADE |
A passage for water; a ditch or drain. |
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GUT |
A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. |
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CONDUIT |
A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or
fluid. |
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SAIL |
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon
the water. |
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ASTYLLEN |
A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit
or level. |
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IMPERVIOUS |
Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage
through; as, a substance impervious to water or air. |
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GATE |
A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of
water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc. |
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SEWER |
A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under
ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. |
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SPILLWAY |
A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a
reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam. |
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WELL |
A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary
screw propeller may be drawn up out of water. |
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LIMBER |
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a
passage for water to the pump well. |
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WATER GANG |
A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea
wall, to drain water out of marshes. |
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SUBWAY |
An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under
a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are
conducted. |
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THROUGH |
Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage;
as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a
thicket. |
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IMPERMEABLE |
Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid.
through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is
impermeable to water and to air. |
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SLUICE |
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or
gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a
water gate or flood gate. |
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ADIT |
An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal
opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are
carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel. |
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NARROW |
A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream,
lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in
the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. |
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FARE |
The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for
conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river;
the fare in a coach or by railway. |
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FLUE |
A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through
surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds
water and i... |
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RACE |
A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage
for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced
by the me... |
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FLUME |
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the
water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for
hydraulic or p... |
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PACK |
...g with
suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving
passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the
... |
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SOUND |
A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland
and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea
or lake with... |