weir

• The waste-weir was a foaming torrent, and spread itself in muddy shallows across the meadow beyond the old garden where the robins and blue birds were house-hunting. —  Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)
• I made up my mind therefore to wade out to the old weir, and unwind the line, and gave the rod to the boy to hold while I did so The water was deep. —  Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories
• The fishermen came down to examine their weir, and see what was their success, when they discovered the boat with its contents. —  Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend
• But the weir was contrived to obtain a regular food supply, and we thought of nothing but catching the prisoners and transferring them to the basket Bob was pretty successful with the net, but he only caught the mullet. —  Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore
• For instance: The water at the head of a weir is passing every instant from slower into quicker motion; but (until broken in the air) the fast flowing water is just as dense as the slowly flowing water. —  The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884

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