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- noun Plural form of
weir .
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Water delivered in a canal can also be measured with devices called weirs which require precision construction, calibration, and measuring. 16 Less accurate, but also inexpensive and easier, is the float method, in which the area of cross section of the canal (A in m2) is multiplied by the velocity of water (V in m/sec) to obtain flow (Q in liters/sec): 17
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Oysters and crabs and such fish as they take in their weirs is their best relief.
The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia James Wharton
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But for these they made weirs, that is, a hedge of small rived sticks or reeds of the thickness of a man's finger.
The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia James Wharton
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They're caught using structures called weirs, which workers construct from aluminum pickets.
Penn State Live 2008
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Natural or man-made cascades, such as weirs and spillways provide potential breeding sites for simuliid blackflies.
Chapter 7 1996
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To accomplish flocculation, mixing is necessary and may be accomplished hydraulically, in turbulent flow conditions at specially made structures such as weirs or "flocculation chambers", or at the suction side of the pump; it can also be accomplished mechanically (manually or with paddles, rakes, turbines, propellers, etc.).
8. Water treatment 1992
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So they turned to unrestrained terror: attacking villages, preferably at dawn and during foul weather, when Native Americans were most vulnerable; indiscriminately slaughtering elders, women, and children; undermining the foundations of Native society by destroying lodging, food, crops, and fishing weirs, causing death from exposure and starvation; scalping and raping; pursuing fugitives ruthlessly; executing or enslaving captives.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Look now for the weirs built to provide a steady flow, and the mill races diverting that flow to the mill wheel.
Shady past 2011
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Remind me: are the locks and weirs of the Panama Canal still working?
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He visits all the towns and villages along the river from Oxfordshire to London and describes the magnificent royal residences, as well as the bridges and docks, locks and weirs, found along its 215-mile run.
frogapplause commented on the word weirs
Historically, Gulf of Maine herring were harvested along the coast in fixed-gear weirs. Today in the Gulf of Maine, herring are harvested primarily by purse seiners and mid-water trawlers equipped with modern technologies like GPS and hydroacoustic fishfinders.
July 3, 2008