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Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet..

Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks..

Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..

Sike :: Sike (n.) A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer..

Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest..

Tug :: Tug (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream..

Blast :: Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast..

Efferent :: Efferent (n.) An efferent duct or stream.

Pour :: Pour (n.) A stream, or something like a stream; a flood..

Annicut :: Annicut (n.) A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

Injector :: Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor..

Rill :: Rill (n.) A very small brook; a streamlet.

Rift :: Rift (n.) A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Fluent :: Fluent (n.) A current of water; a stream.

Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..

Saffron :: Saffron (a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer..

Reach :: Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land..

Gill :: Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.

Streamer :: Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag..

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