Crossword-Solution: TAILRACE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tailrace | n. | See Race, n., 6. |
| Tailrace | n. | The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “TAILRACE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Outgoing channel | 1 answer |
| channel that carries water away from a water wheel, turbine, etc | 1 answer |
| A WATERCOURSE THAT CARRIES WATER AWAY FROM A MILL OR WATER WHEEL OR TURBINE | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with TAILRACE (5)
While the log was running through the saw, it was my never ending delight to lean out of an opening in the side of the mill and watch the tailrace rush from under the building.
The channel of the river below the dam is filled with débris, which will raise the height of the water in the tailrace, and unless it is cleared will diminish the available power at the iron works.
Remember the beggar? The damn fool was right too." "Yes, it's all right," said Wimperley, "and now I suppose there'll be writs and injunctions enough to fill the tailrace.
The impulse wheel of to-day, however, has buckets which so completely absorb the momentum of water issuing from a nozzle, that the water falls into the tailrace with practically no velocity.
They permit the wheel to be installed on the main floor of the power station, with the escape below, instead of being set just above the tailrace level itself, as is the case when draft tubes are not used.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2010).