noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream
against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which
water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China,
and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionaryπ
noria nΕβ²ri-a, n. a water-raising apparatus
in Spain, Syria, and elsewhere, by means of a large paddle-wheel having
fixed to its rim a series of buckets, a flush-wheel. [Sp.,βAr.]
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