Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wheel of large diameter fitted with buckets on its periphery by which the water and sand from stamp-mills or ore-dressing works are elevated and then, by launders or flumes on a sufficient incline, conveyed away to points of disposal.
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And thrice they stamped, a thunderclap; and thrice the sand-wheel swirled;
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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