| 单词 | egyptian wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEgyptian wheel Egyptian wheel n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water > wheel for raising water waterwheel1591 Persian wheel1649 sakia1687 noria1696 Egyptian wheel1793 bucket-wheel1797 tabut1836 pot-wheel1852 tympan1858 irrigation-wheel1864 spider-wheel1868 tympanum1875 1793 Descr. Estate of Culross 9 Sir George Bruce erected machinery, consisting of the Egyptian wheel, commonly called chain and bucket, to drain the Coal to the dip of the old workings. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 196 A well of water worked by a thoroughly Egyptian wheel. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 435/1 The Egyptian Wheel or Noria. < as lemmas |
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