different between weir vs keir

English

Etymology

From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit ?????? (v??óti). Related to warranty.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophones: Wear, we're

Noun

weir (plural weirs)

1. 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.

     The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir.

   • 2010, Sathesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, page 303

     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.

2. 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

     The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure.

Coordinate terms

• (adjustable dam): dam, sluice

Derived terms

• Bridge of Weir
• unweired
• weired

Translations

Further reading

• weir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wire, wier, wire

English

Noun

keir (plural keirs)

1. Alternative form of kier
   • 1902, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Sessional Papers, Volume 34, Part 2, page 7,

     The keirs, becks, washing machines, etc., are placed sufficiently low to allow of being fed from the water supply by gravitation, and the outlets placed just sufficiently high to reach the water line of the river a little above its normal flow.

   • 1919, Society of Dyers and Colourists, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, Volume 35, page 35,

     Also fine clothes require longer treatment in the keir in order to secure good penetration by the chemie.

   • 1975, Owen Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of Stockport, page 31,

     The cloth was singed to remove superfluous fluff by being passed over heated copper plates and then boiled in bleaching keirs with lime or caustic soda.

Anagrams

• Erik, Keri, Kier, Rike, keri, kier, rike