- sha|doof
- sha|doof «shah DOOF», noun.a long rod with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other, used for raising water in the Near East.╂[< Arabic shādūf]
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doof — sha·doof; … English syllables
sha — amue·sha; aru·sha; ba·sha; be·li·sha; chang·sha; cha·wa·sha; fa·la·sha; fo·sha·gite; gau·sha·la; gei·sha; ho·sha·na; jin·rik·i·sha; ka·sha; kin·sha·sa; mo·sha·va; nak·sha·tra; ni·sha·da; ori·sha; pa·sha·dom; pe·sha·war; pra·ti·mok·sha; pu·ru·sha; … English syllables
sha|duf — «shah DOOF», noun. = shadoof. (Cf. ↑shadoof) … Useful english dictionary
shadoof — sha·doof … English syllables
shadoof — sha•doof [[t]ʃɑˈduf[/t]] n. agr. civ a device used in the Near East for raising water, esp. for irrigation, consisting of a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other • Etymology: 1830–40; < Egyptian Ar shadūf … From formal English to slang
Shadoof — Sha*doof (sh[.a]*d[=oo]f ), n. [Ar. sh[=a]d[=u]f.] A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
