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Definition of Sakiehs
1. sakieh [n] - See also: sakieh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sakiehs
Literary usage of Sakiehs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Holy Land and Syria by Frank George Carpenter (1922)
"The tree is surrounded by orange orchards which are irrigated-by sakiehs ...
As I went by I stopped at one of these sakiehs and the men brought me some ..."
2. The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea, & Gennesareth, &c.: A Canoe Cruise by John MacGregor (1870)
"The steam-engine and the sakiehs often * Niebuhr, in 1776, mentions having seen
only one machine turned by hands and feet at once ('Voyage in Arabia,'p. ..."
3. The Binding of the Nile and the New Soudan by Sidney Cornwallis Peel (1904)
"... which play the part of sakiehs, but are turned by the force of the current ;
the water thus lifts itself continuously. Where the lift is very little, ..."
4. Egypt and the Great Suez Canal: A Narrative of Travels by Jules Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire (1857)
"... the only artificial processes which the Fellah employs, like his forefathers,
to aid the bountiful action of his river. The sakiehs scarcely ever work ..."
5. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Elisée Reclus (1892)
"... the sefi canals remain everywhere at a lower level than the fields, to which
the water must be raised by means of steam-engines, sakiehs, ..."
6. The Holy Land and Syria by Frank George Carpenter (1922)
"The tree is surrounded by orange orchards which are irrigated-by sakiehs ...
As I went by I stopped at one of these sakiehs and the men brought me some ..."
7. The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea, & Gennesareth, &c.: A Canoe Cruise by John MacGregor (1870)
"The steam-engine and the sakiehs often * Niebuhr, in 1776, mentions having seen
only one machine turned by hands and feet at once ('Voyage in Arabia,'p. ..."
8. The Binding of the Nile and the New Soudan by Sidney Cornwallis Peel (1904)
"... which play the part of sakiehs, but are turned by the force of the current ;
the water thus lifts itself continuously. Where the lift is very little, ..."
9. Egypt and the Great Suez Canal: A Narrative of Travels by Jules Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire (1857)
"... the only artificial processes which the Fellah employs, like his forefathers,
to aid the bountiful action of his river. The sakiehs scarcely ever work ..."
10. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Elisée Reclus (1892)
"... the sefi canals remain everywhere at a lower level than the fields, to which
the water must be raised by means of steam-engines, sakiehs, ..."
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