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Irrigation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Irrigation : (noun)
1: supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
2: (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or
washing out with water or a medicated solution
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Irrigation : \Ir`ri*ga"tion\, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F.
irrigation.]
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being
irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow
over lands, for nourishing plants.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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IRRIGATION. The act of wetting or moistening the ground by artificial means.
2. The owner of land over which there is a current stream, is, as such,
the proprietor of the current. 4 Mason's R. 400. It seems the riparian
proprietor may avail himself of the river for irrigation, provided the river
be not thereby materially lessened, and the water absorbed be imperceptible
or trifling. Ang. W. C. 34; and vide 1 Root's R. 535; 8 Greenl. R. 266; 2
Conn. R. 584; 2 Swift's Syst. 87; 7 Mass. R. 136; 13 Mass. R. 420; 1 Swift's
Dig. 111; 5 Pick. R. 175; 9 Pick. 59; 6 Bing. R. 379; 5 Esp. R. 56; 2 Conn.
R. 584; Ham. N. P. 199; 2 Chit. Bl. Com. 403, n. 7; 22 Vin. Ab. 525; 1 Vin.
Ab. 657; Bac. Ab. Action on the case, F. The French law coincides with our
own. 1 Lois des Batimens, sect. 1, art. 3, page 21.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Irrigation : As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up
in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in
numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the
foot (Deut. 11:10).
For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or
pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the
banks of the Nile to the present day.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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