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Definition: FLUTTER WHEEL

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. A water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: FLUTTER WHEEL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. A water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: FLUTTER WHEEL

ExpressionsDefinition
Flutter wheelA water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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