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wasteweir
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wasteweir has 1 sense
- wasteweir(n = noun.artifact) spill, spillway - a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction; Array is a kind of conduit
CIDE DICTIONARY
wasteweir, n.
An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like. [1913 Webster]
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