| 单词 | water whim |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater whim water whim n. [ < water n. + whim n.1 (compare whim n.1 4)] English regional (Cornwall) Mining (now historical) a type of hoist in which the descent of a container of water attached to a rope passing over a drum causes the drum to turn and to raise a container at the other end of the rope; also called water whimsey. ΚΠ 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xv. 168 The section of the pool-mine... G, Water-Whim shaft. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 572 Water-whims..are seldom employed in western Cornwall. 1985 J. Moss Sound Trumpets ii. 25 Other work at the mine continued: ore carriers carted ore, timber teams brought their loads, and the water whims cleared the mine workings. < as lemmas |
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