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• Weir — A weir (IPAEng|wɪɚ) (also known as a lowhead dam) is a small overflow type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been used to create mill ponds in such places. Water flows over the top of a weir,… …   Wikipedia

• weir — 1) nets or fences set in streams or along the coast to direct fish into a holding container for easy capture. Some weirs take advantage of the falling tide to capture fish; others catch upstream migrating adults; others strain fish out of the… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Silas Weir Mitchell — (January 15, 1829–January 4, 1914) was an American physician and writer.He was son of a physician, John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858), and was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania in that city, and… …   Wikipedia

• Mundaring Weir — Mundaring Weir. Mundaring Weir is the name of a dam (and historically the adjoining locality) which are located 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Perth, Western Australia in the Darling Scarp. It is situated in the Mundaring locality. The dam… …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Weir — Major Thomas Weir (Carluke, South Lanarkshire 1599 Edinburgh 1670) was a Scottish soldier and presumed occultist, executed for witchcraft. Weir was a Scottish Covenanter who professed a particularly strict form of Presbyterianism, and whose… …   Wikipedia

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• Radyr — Coordinates: 51°31′N 3°16′W /  …   Wikipedia