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Webster 1913 Edition
Danaide
Da′na-ide
(dā′nȧ-īd)
, Noun.
[From the mythical
Danaides
, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.)
A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.