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Water Wheel :: Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc..

Report :: Report (v. t.) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.

Monoclinal :: Monoclinal (a.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

Home-speaking :: Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking..

Seaward :: Seaward (a.) Directed or situated toward the sea.

Modiste :: Modiste (n.) A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress..

Glancingly :: Glancingly (adv.) In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.

Directly :: Directly (adv.) Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.

Valve :: Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves..

Determinative :: Determinative (a.) Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.

Purpose :: Purpose (n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan..

Instruct :: Instruct (v. t.) To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury..

Double :: Double (a.) To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion..

Drop :: Drop (n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc..

Reference :: Reference (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book..

Boustrophedon :: Boustrophedon (n.) An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite..

Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..

Guidon :: Guidon (v. t.) A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon..

Electrepeter :: Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

New :: New (superl.) Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction..

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