‖Sha‐doof″ (shȧ‐do͞of″), n. [Ar. shādūf.] A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.