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单词 water bar
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water barn.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌbɑː/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌbɑr/, /ˈwɑdər ˌbɑr/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bar n.1
Etymology: < water n. + bar n.1In sense 1 translating Dutch boom boom n.2
1. A bar or barrier placed across a waterway to obstruct navigation. Cf. boom n.2 3a. Obsolete. rare.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water
boom1645
estacade1670
water bar1683
1683 Dutch Rogue 15 Before they came to the Boom (or Water-bar) it was lockt, so that they could not get through to the stream.
2. Building. A bar or strip inserted lengthwise inside the sill of an external door or window to prevent water getting in.
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1758 P. Hudson New Introd. Trade & Business 54 A new Water-bar for a Casement.
1830 Examiner 18 July 464/2 (advt.) A. Smith and Co. respectfully solicit the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and Architects, to their Patent Weather-tight Fastenings and Water Bars for French Casements and Doors.
1944 E. E. Haycraft in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder v. 216/1 The groove on the face [of the sill] is for the tongue on the window board, and that on the underside is to receive a metal water bar sealing the joint between the wood and stone sills.
1979 I. H. Seeley Building Quantities Explained (ed. 3) x. 143/4 Wood casement window... Water bar in sills bedded in mastic.
2006 Good Woodworking June 56/1 The water bar is added to prevent rain from being driven under the door, and may be galvanised steel or plastic.
3. Papermaking. Each of a pair of additional wires in a mould, between the outer chain wire and the edge; an impression in paper of a line produced by such a wire.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > paper-making equipment > [noun] > mould > part of
water bar1773
chain wire1889
1773 L. Carter Diary Jan. (1965) II. 747 In the Bills of 1769 the water Bars are in the true Bills near a quarter of an Inch narrower or nearer to each other than in the forged bills.
1948 Paper & Print 21 226/1 There is not the light extra rib without chain or sewing wires at either end of the mould, as in modern (English) moulds, termed ‘water-bar’, or ‘suction-bar’ or a wire as described by Lalande as ‘Tranchefil’.
1982 E. G. Loeber Paper Mould & Mouldmaker x. 43 We may observe two narrower fields on each short side of the sheet, produced by the so-called water-bar, a kind of auxiliary chain line.
2000 R. S. Shay & R. Thompson Purcell MSS i. 9 At either end of the mould there was a more closely spaced extra wire parallel with the edge: these wires, variously known as edge wires, water bar wires or tranchefiles, were not attached to wooden ribs and did not cause shadows.
4. Engineering. A tubular bar in a fire grate or boiler through which water is passed to be heated.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > for heating water
water heater1824
water bar1843
geyser1878
chip heater1900
immersion heater1914
instantaneous (water-)heater1935
back-boiler1939
fridge-heater1957
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > bars
fire bar1668
water bar1843
jockey-bar1887
1843 Mechanics' Mag. 4 Nov. 323/2 Not the slightest encrustation can be discovered on the tubes or in the water bars with which these boilers are fitted.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 124/2 Weeks's Tubular Waterbar Open Fire Grate.
1907 Railway Age 5 July 20/1 The boiler had four 3-inch water bars.
2009 Code of Federal Regulations: 49: Transportation (Office of Federal Register, U.S.) IV. 535/1 (table) Were arch tubes, circulators, siphons and water bar tubes cleaned and inspected?
5. U.S. A low ridge made slantwise across a sloping road or track to divert surface water to one side; = water break n. 3a.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > type of road surface
water bar1850
chip seal1936
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > type of road surface > ridge to deflect surface water
water bar1850
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface > ridge to prevent accumulation of water
thank-you-ma'am1849
water bar1850
1850 L. P. Cooper in New-Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. 6 xx. 220 In passing a water bar, he was thrown from his carriage and killed.
1880 Amer. Law Reg. 28 744 Where the corporation..should also construct water-bars so as to cause the surface-water to flow upon the adjacent property, no action would lie against the corporation.
1991 Bicycle Guide Sept. 54/1 You have much better control braking and cornering and hitting water bars and jumping and all that kind of stuff.
2001 National Geographic Adventure Jan. 79/4 Build a waterbar or break up a wind-felled branch during National Trails Day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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