| 单词 | water privilege |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater privilege water privilege n. U.S. (a) the right to use water (formerly esp. the right to use running water to drive machinery); frequently in plural; †(b) a stream or body of water capable of being used to drive machinery (cf. privilege n. 9) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > rights to use water watercourse1576 watering1681 water rights1793 water privilege1804 privilege1835 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > utilizable for driving machinery water power?c1700 water privilege1804 1804 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1915) III. 755 We set off to Deborah Shackford,..the Water Privilege belonging to said Estate. 1822 Massachusetts Spy 31 July Valuable Mills and Water Privileges. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) xviii. 173 Its a clever country..full of mineral wealth, aboundin in superior water privileges and noble harbors. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 243 Just below this lode..Armstrong & Co. have located an admirable mill-site and water-privilege. 1929 Times 25 July 15/5 There are plenty of other ‘water privileges’ as our American cousins call them, in South Africa. 1963 P. J. Coleman Transformation of Rhode Island vii. 300 The Spragues acquired land and lumber interests in Maine and water privileges in South Carolina. 2008 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 27 Sept. e1 I didn't want something on the water, but I wanted something close to the water, with water privileges. < as lemmas |
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