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A barrier or dam to restrain water, esp. one placed across a river or canal in order to raise or divert the water for driving a mill-wheel; also, the…
A pond, esp. a fish-pond; also, a weir or dam. = stank, n.1
Chiefly local (on the Thames). The body of water that lashes or rushes over an opening in a barrier or weir; hence the opening itself, and by…