noria
(noun) a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
noria (plural norias)
A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
• (water wheel): water wheel
• Arion, Irano-, oiran, on air, on-air, raion
Source: Wiktionary
No"ri*a, n. Etym: [Sp., from Ar. na'.]
Definition: A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
