Defn: A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
SHADOW
Shad"ow, n. Etym: [Originally the same word as shade. sq. root162.
See Shade.]
1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
2. Darkness; shade; obscurity. Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. Denham.
3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser.
4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. Shak.
5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower. Sin and her shadow Death. Milton.
6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow!" Shak.
7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical reprresentation; type. The law having a shadow of good things to come. Heb. x. 1. [Types] and shadows of that destined seed. Milton.
8. A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow of turning." James i. 17.