Noria

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:29:03

No"ri*a (?), n. [Sp., from Ar. na'ra.]

A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

 

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