Water meter: alternatives and connections

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…

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Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…

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The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of…

An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It co…

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A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust.…

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a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the st…

A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bot…

A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to sat…

A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is p…

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