Weer vs Weir - What's the difference?
weer | weir |
(wee)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
(colloquial, uncountable) urine
(colloquial) An act of urination.
(colloquial) To urinate.
An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
* 1997 , J. H. L'Abée-Lund & J. E. Brittain, "Weir construction as environmental mitigation in Norwegian hydropower schemes", Hydropower '97 , pages 51-54.
* 2010 , Sathesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering , page 303
A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
* 1887 , W. A. Wilcox, "58-New England Fisheries in May, 1886", Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission , volume VI, for 1886, page 191
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As an adjective weer
is (wee).weer
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* ----wee
English
(wikipedia wee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (15c).Adjective
(er)- I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
- You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.
References
* Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)Etymology 2
UnknownNoun
(-)- to have a wee
Synonyms
* wee wee * See also * See alsoVerb
Synonyms
* See alsoweir
English
Noun
(en noun)- The weir' must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necesary, a fishway is included in the ' weir .
- A walkway over the weir' is likely to be useful for the removal of floating debris trapped by the ' weir , or for working staunches and sluices on it as the rate of flow changes.
- The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure.
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