(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:26:30

Ni*lom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. ; the Nile + measure: cf. F. nilometre.]

An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.

 

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