dam-head

Do not divulge it, O silly man! confine the water at the dam-head, for once it has a vent thou canst not stop it.

The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Various

One day, the spirits demanded more work; and the wizard ordered that a dam-head should be built across the

The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales James Grant

He commanded him to build a cauld, or dam-head, across the Tweed at Kelso; it was accomplished in one night, and still does honour to the infernal architect.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831 Various

He took their little tin pails and followed them around the old dam-head and up a sandy gorge, along a clear thread of water that trickled into Lovely Creek just above the mill.

VI. Book Two: Enid 1922

He took their little tin pails and followed them around the old dam-head and up a sandy gorge, along a clear thread of water that trickled into Lovely Creek just above the mill.

One of Ours Willa Sibert Cather 1910

When you dam up a stream of water, as soon as the dam is full, as much water must run over the dam-head as if there was no dam at all.

V. Book IV. Of Bounties 1909

As the water, however, must always be deeper behind the dam-head than before it, so the quantity of gold and silver which these restraints detain in Spain and Portugal must, in proportion to the annual produce of their land and labour, be greater than what is to be found in other countries.

V. Book IV. Of Bounties 1909

Open the flood-gates, and there will presently be less water above, and more below, the dam-head, and it will soon come to a level in both places.

V. Book IV. Of Bounties 1909

The higher and stronger the dam-head, the greater must be the difference in the depth of water behind and before it.

V. Book IV. Of Bounties 1909

The storm was provided with a very suitable accompaniment of thunder and lightning: and, to complete the business, down came the mountain-torrents, and swelled Plantain-Garden River to such a degree that it broke down the dam-head, stopped the mill, and all work was at a stand-still for two days and nights.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845