Tailrace
Pronunciation : Tail"race`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. See Race, n., 6.
2. (Mining)
Defn: The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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