weir
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1. weir - Noun
2. Weir - Proper noun
Meaning
Alt. of Wear
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A channel was dug to the lock, creating an island between it and the weir.
Alfred was the youngest of either four (Weir, Alison, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (1989), p.5) or five brothers,sfn the primary record conflicting regarding whether Æthelstan of Wessex was a brother or uncle.
Although a reinforced concrete weir has replaced Li Bing's original weighted bamboo baskets, the layout of the infrastructure remains the same and is still in use today to irrigate over 5,300 square kilometers of land in the region.
Aftermath (1995 to the present) Bob Weir onstage in 2007, playing a Modulus G3FH Jerry Garcia died in August 1995 and the remaining band members decided to disband.
An experimental modern opera on the theme, by Judith Weir, transposes the scene into contemporary Iraq.
Black, George II, p. 157; Kilburn; Weir, p. 284. War and rebellion Against Walpole's wishes, but to George's delight, Britain reopened hostilities with Spain in 1739.