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Weir : (noun)
1: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert
its flow
2: a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain
fish
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Weir : \Weir\ (w[=e]r), Wear \Wear\,n. [OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to
G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren,
Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v[.r] to
check, hinder. [root]142. Cf. Garret.]
1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the
purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond,
or the like.
2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a
stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a
vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, --
used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Weir, KS (city, FIPS 76350)
Location: 37.30957 N, 94.77568 W
Population (1990): 730 (317 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Weir, MS (town, FIPS 78520)
Location: 33.26330 N, 89.28937 W
Population (1990): 525 (196 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 39772
Weir, TX (town, FIPS 77056)
Location: 30.67327 N, 97.59116 W
Population (1990): 220 (92 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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