clough 音标拼音: [kl'ɑʊ]
n . 深谷,水闸
深谷,水闸
Paddle \
Pad "
dle \,
n . [
See {
Paddle },
v .
i .]
1 .
An implement with a broad blade ,
which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats .
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2 .
The broad part of a paddle ,
with which the stroke is made ;
hence ,
any short ,
broad blade ,
resembling that of a paddle ,
such as that used in table tennis .
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Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon . --
Deut .
xxiii .
13 .
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3 .
One of the broad boards ,
or floats ,
at the circumference of a water wheel ,
or paddle wheel .
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4 .
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water ; --
also called {
clough }.
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5 . (
Zool .)
A paddle -
shaped foot ,
as of the sea turtle .
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6 .
A paddle -
shaped implement for stirring or mixing .
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7 . [
In this sense prob .
for older spaddle ,
a dim .
of spade .]
See {
Paddle staff } (
b ),
below . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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{
Paddle beam } (
Shipbuilding ),
one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel .
{
Paddle board }.
See {
Paddle },
n .,
3 .
{
Paddle shaft },
the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel .
{
Paddle staff }.
(
a )
A staff tipped with a broad blade ,
used by mole catchers . [
Prov .
Eng .]
(
b )
A long -
handled spade used to clean a plowshare ; --
called also {
plow staff }. [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Paddle steamer },
a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels ,
in distinction from a screw propeller .
{
Paddle wheel },
the propelling wheel of a steam vessel ,
having paddles (
or floats )
on its circumference ,
and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel '
s length .
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paddlebox
Clough \
Clough \,
n . [
OE .
clough ,
cloghe ,
clou ,
clewch ,
AS .
(
assumed )
cl [=
o ]
h ,
akin to G .
klinge ravine .]
1 .
A cleft in a hill ;
a ravine ;
a narrow valley . --
Nares .
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2 .
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land . --
Knight .
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Clough \
Clough \ (?;
115 ),
n . (
Com .)
An allowance in weighing .
See {
Cloff }.
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Cloff \
Cloff \ (
kl [
o ^]
f ;
115 ),
n . [
Etymol .
uncertain .]
Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted ;
now used only in a general sense ,
of small deductions from the original weight . [
Written also {
clough }.] --
McCulloch .
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