noria

n : a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to

raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel

moria

/mor'ee-▫/ Like {nethack} and {rogue}, one of the

large {PD} {Dungeons and Dragons}-like simulation games,

available for a wide range of machines and operating systems.

The name is from Tolkien's Mines of Moria; compare {elder

days}, {elvish}. The game is extremely addictive and a major

consumer of time better used for hacking.

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