Dam: alternatives and connections

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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A kind of frock for children.

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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

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To shut up; to close.

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A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.

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Alt. of Wear

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Alt. of Hectometre

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A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.

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As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.

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One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

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Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syl…

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Alt. of Decametre

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A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

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Same as Decameter.

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A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

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See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

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