{ Weir (wēr),
Wear,} n. [OE. wer, AS.
wer; akin to G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren, Goth.
warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. v&rsdot; to check, hinder. √142. Cf.
Garret.]
1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or
the like.
2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set
in a stream,
tideway, or inlet of the
sea, for taking fish.
3. A long
notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
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