Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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an arm or inlet of the sea extending into the land, with a wider mouth proportionally than a gulf. Comkeep a store of water for driving a mill. In architecture: a term used to sigwith the Gulf of Venice. In hydraulics: a pond-head raised to keep a store of water for driving a mill.

In architecture: a term used to sigbarn of two bays. These bays are from heads, where they lay corn, they call it a if a barn consists of a floor and two heads, where they lay corn, they call it a barn of two bays. These bays are from 14 to 20 feet long, and floors from 10 to 12 broad, and usually 20 feet long, which is the breadth of the barn.

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