scoop wheel

A form of the tympanum waterwheel in which the buckets are so curved as to scoop up the water into which they dip, raising a portion of the same and conducting it toward or into the axis, where it is discharged. [TYMPANUM.] scoop, *scop-en, v. t. [SCOOP, 8. ] 1. To take out with, or as with a scoop; to lade out. 2. To empty as with a scoop or by baling. "'Tis as easie with a sive to scoop the ocean." Beaum. & Flet.. Woman's Prize, i. 2. 3581 3. To hollow out; to form by, or as by scooping; to excavate. 4. To remove, so as to leave a hollow. (Generally followed by out .) 5. To collect together, as by scooping; to scrape together. (Generally followed by up . ) 6. To get the better of a person. ( Slang .) scoop-ěr, s. [ Eng.scoop, v.; -er.] 1. One who or that which scoops; spec if., a tool used by engravers on wood for cleaning out the white parts of a block. It somewhat resembles a small chisel, but is rounded underneath instead of being flat. scorbutus