weir

4 definitions found

weir - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weir \Weir\ (w[=e]r), Wear \Wear\,n. [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[.r] to
     check, hinder. [root]142. Cf. Garret.]
     1. 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.
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     2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a
        stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
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     3. 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.
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weir - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  weir
      n 1: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or
           divert its flow
      2: a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain
         fish

weir - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Weir, KS (city, FIPS 76350)
    Location: 37.30957 N, 94.77568 W
    Population (1990): 730 (317 housing units)
    Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Weir, MS (town, FIPS 78520)
    Location: 33.26330 N, 89.28937 W
    Population (1990): 525 (196 housing units)
    Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39772
  Weir, TX (town, FIPS 77056)
    Location: 30.67327 N, 97.59116 W
    Population (1990): 220 (92 housing units)
    Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

weir - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "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