scoop wheel

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scoop wheel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa,
     akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E.
     shove. See Shovel.]
     1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for
        dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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     2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out
        and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop;
        the scoop of a dredging machine.
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     3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting
        certain substances or foreign bodies.
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     4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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              Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R.
                                                    Drake.
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     5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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     6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
        motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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     7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially
        for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an
        ice cream cone with two scoops.
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     8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a
        rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory
        cant]
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     9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's
        divorce?. [informal]
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     Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net
        for sweeping the bottom of a river.
  
     Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or
        buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
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