Hypertext Webster Gateway: "irrigation"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Irrigation
As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up
in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in
numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the
foot (Deut. 11:10).
For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or
pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the
banks of the Nile to the present day.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Irrigation \Ir`ri*ga"tion\, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F.
irrigation.]
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being
irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow
over lands, for nourishing plants.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
irrigation
n 1: supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
2: (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or
washing out with water or a medicated solution
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