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	Word or Phrase:	BUTTRESS DAM *
	Definition:	A dam with a watertight upstream side, which may be flat or curved, supported by a series of buttresses on the downstream side.

	Word or Phrase:	DAME SCHOOL *
	Definition:	A kind of primary school kept by elderly women.

	Word or Phrase:	ARCH DAM *
	Definition:	A curved dam usually built of concrete and designed with the curve upstream so that the force of the water compresses the structure and strengthens it as it pushes it into its foundations. Arch dams are best suited to narrow gorges

	Word or Phrase:	MILL DAM *
	Definition:	A dam constructed across a stream to raise its water-level and make it available to power a mill wheel.

	Word or Phrase:	DAM *
	Definition:	A barrier of concrete or earth, etc, built across a river to create a reservoir of water for domestic and/or industrial usage.