(US) dowsing in search of petroleum

(obsolete) A pool of water to keep fish in; a weir.

(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.

(firearms) A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance...