anicut

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anicut - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anicut \An"i*cut\, Annicut \An"ni*cut\, n. [Tamil anai kattu dam
     building.]
     A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose
     of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India]
     --Brande & C.
     [1913 Webster]