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wallower
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 agent noun of wallow; one who wallows. 2 (context dated engineering English) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lantern \Lan"tern\ (l[a^]n"t[~e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth`r light, torch. See Lamp .] Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated ...
Usage examples of wallower.
If it be desired to raise a continued stream of water, the simplest means which offers itself to the mind is to attach to an endless chain or cord a number of pots or buckets, so disposed that, the chain being suspended on a lanthorn or wallower above, and plunged in water below, the buckets may descend and ascend alternately, filling themselves at bottom and emptying at a certain height above, so as to give a constant stream.
In the morning, when the first wallowers arrived, I flipped on the recorder.