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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Danaide

/(dā"nȧ*īd)/ · Da·na·ide · IPA
01 n. A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both she…
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    A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.(Mach.)