Thesaurus / weir
FEEDBACK- bar
- fence
- exit
- door
- port
- conduit
- opening
- lock
- passage
- access
- egress
- portal
- way
- issue
- gateway
- doorway
- slammer
- portcullis
- turnstile
- revolving door
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This letter contains the first announcement of the scheme of Weir of Hermiston.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTowards the end of October he gave it up for the time being and turned to a more arduous task, the tragic Weir of Hermiston.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONCapt. Cinnamond is still in bed with lumbago, whilst Major Weir is staying behind too.
LETTERS OF LT.-COL. GEORGE BRENTON LAURIEGEORGE BRENTON LAURIEHad the boat been carried over the weir you would have been drowned.
LITTLEBOURNE LOCKF. BAYFORD HARRISONNear to his cottage on the river-bank was a dam or weir, over which the water trickled here and there a few inches deep.
OUR CATS AND ALL ABOUT THEMHARRISON WEIRA mile and a half from Warkworth there is another weir, a great straight wall of cement, with a passage for fish on either side.
THE RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN: RIVERS OF THE EAST COASTVARIOUSA reef in the river has made it possible to dispense with a permanent weir.
THE PANJAB, NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, AND KASHMIRSIR JAMES MCCRONE DOUIEThe large weir is of great width, and of crescent shape, with a wooded island at its foot.
THE RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN: RIVERS OF THE EAST COASTVARIOUSBut this rapturous noise of swift-flowing water sounded but faintly, for a hundred yards below was the weir.
THE ANGEL OF PAINE. F. BENSONWeir of Hermiston he felt to be his very best—St Ives now and then went gaily.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMARGARET MOYES BLACKWORDS RELATED TO WEIR
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