shadoof arab.

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• shadoof — [ʃə du:f] noun a pole with a bucket and counterpoise used especially in Egypt for raising water. Origin C19: from Egyptian Arab. šādūf …   English new terms dictionary

• shadoof — n. a pole with a bucket and counterpoise used esp. in Egypt for raising water. Etymology: Egypt. Arab. saduf …   Useful english dictionary

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium

• Sahara — Saharan, Saharian, adj. /seuh har euh, hair euh, hahr euh/, n. 1. a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. ab. 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km). 2. any arid waste. * * * Largest desert in the world, encompassing… …   Universalium