نَاعُورٌ
Root: نعر
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نَاعُورٌ
, or
نَاعُورَةٌ , A [machine of the kind called] دُولَاب [q. v.], or مَنْجَنُون [q. v.], with which water is drawn [for irrigation], and which is turned by water, and makes a noise, or [creaking] sound by [its revolving]: so called because of its نَعِير [or sound]: [app. also any rotary machine for raising water to irrigate land: see Niebuhr's ' Voyage en Arabie, ' tome i., p. 220 et seq.:] it is used on the banks of the Euphrates and the 'Ásee: pl. نَوَاعِيرُ.
2 And the former, The wing (جَنَاح) of a mill or mill-stone.
3 Also نَاعُورَةٌ A bucket with which water is raised.
4 See also نَاعِرٌ.
2 And the former, The wing (جَنَاح) of a mill or mill-stone.
3 Also نَاعُورَةٌ A bucket with which water is raised.
4 See also نَاعِرٌ.
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