Sakieh

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sakieh \Sak"i*eh\, Sakiyeh \Sak"i*yeh\, n.] [Ar. s[=a]q[imac]ah
     canal, trench.]
     A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from
     wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an
     endless rope.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]