Definition of noria

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Noria (n.) 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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Norian :: Norian (a.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.
Antirenter :: Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
Manorial :: Manorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manor.
Anticlinoria :: Anticlinoria (pl. ) of Anticlinoriu.
Seigneurial :: Seigneurial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.
Manerial :: Manerial (a.) See Manorial.
Geanticlinal :: Geanticlinal (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal..
Greeve :: Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff..
Patroon :: Patroon (n.) One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey..
Synclinorium :: Synclinoria (pl. ) of Synclinoriu.
Water Wheel :: Water wheel () A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like..
Noria :: Noria (n.) 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..
Gribble :: Gribble (n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America..
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