Flutter wheel

Flutter wheel
Flutter Flut"ter, n. 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. [1913 Webster]

The chirp and flutter of some single bird --Milnes. . [1913 Webster]

2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

{Flutter wheel}, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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