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noria |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Noria \No"ri*a\, n. [Sp., from Ar n[=a]'?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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: noria n : a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
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