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Semliki River (sh) and barrow(4) (iou)


Semliki River (sh)




River, east-central Africa.

It connects Lake Edward and Lake Albert and is 143 mi (230 km) long. The latter part of its course forms part of the border between Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda. Wildlife, including elephants, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, and antelope, is abundant. The river's delta, choked with ambatch (a fast-growing thorny tree) and papyrus, is steadily encroaching on Lake Albert.


barrow(4) (iou)



barrow verb2 intrans. Austral. & NZ. M20.
[Origin uncertain: cf. Irish, Gaelic bearradh shearing, clipping.]
Of a novice shearer or shedhand: complete the shearing of or partly shear a sheep for a shearer.