| 单词 | water whimsey |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater whimsey water whimsey n. [ < water n. + whimsy n. (compare whimsy n. 6a)] Mining (now historical) = water whim n. ΚΠ 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xviii. 205 Sometimes the weight of a reservoir or bucket of water is employed for raising another bucket... This machine is called a water whimsey. 1963 Archæologia Cambrensis 114 101 Proceeding west around the end of the Great Opencast, notice the South Engine or Water Whimsey Shaft, its collar now perilously situated on the edge of the cliff. 2000 R. B. Schofield Benjamin Outram xi. 194 Joseph Junior wrote to the company about the time of the submission for permission to cut a channel from the pound above the fifth lock to feed a ‘Water Whimsey’ (the hoist and water-balance system) for lifting coals. < as lemmas |
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