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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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. -- Deut. xxiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster] 3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called { clough}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Zool.) A paddle- shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A paddle- shaped implement for stirring or mixing. [ 1913 Webster] 7. [ In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.] See { Paddle staff} ( b), below. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster]
Clough \ Clough\ (?; 115), n. ( Com.) An allowance in weighing. See { Cloff}. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster]
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