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Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1916, OED Evaluation: N/A

Short for hydro-electric adj. (power, plant). Also attrib. In Canada also = hydro-electric power supply. Cf. hydropower n.

ExampleMeaning
And then they would do the sawing and everything else in there, they had a planing mill, and- it was a very very big operation. And, ah, it eventually didn't- they- the companies moved someplace out of that, after that. And ah, they also... before the hydro came in here, they had the, ah- they had their own electricity here in town.
Hydroelectric power.
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We have a fight going on with Ontario-Hydro on by the way. ... Yeah, you can read the article in here. The ridiculous charges. I don't know if you're aware of it or not, but hydro is whoah.
Hydroelectric power.
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The ah- the stone mills, one, one is still standing and it's now a residence. It ah, was a flour mill, a grist mill I believe, and then converted into a hydroelectric ah when hydro come into play. There was also a three-storey woollen mill ah, between it and the, the bridge.
Hydroelectric power.
Glen-Tay actually had a street light before the town of Perth had hydro turned on. It was a street light at the end of the old wooden bridge apparently. ... And the hydro lines went through our farm property following the height of ground into the town of Perth. That's where the transmission lines were.
Hydroelectric power.
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My ah- my mom taught me how to make bread, she taught me so many things ... I can make like if I have to go back to farming and to make like- start off with nothing and if the times got really tough and if there was no hydro and there was a war or devastation I could live off the land. I could- I could- I could do that. I can make buttermilk, I can make butter.
Hydroelectric power.
I remember when we got power. I remember the coil oil lamp. 'Cause we got power when we were in nineteen-sixty, we got the hydro. I was three years old. I remember the coil oil lamp, I was so scared. 'Cause it was so dark, there was only the coil oil lamp in the kitchen.
Hydroelectric power.
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So very shortly after they got their- their new herd built to the point where they were back shipping milk again, hydro was coming. So, ah, hydro was put in I believe in fifty-four. I- I can't remember for sure but it was around nineteen-fifty-four.
Hydroelectric power.
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Interviewer: Now I seem to remember hearing that ah, for hydro, you used your horses to- Speaker: Yes, I pull line to the hydro. And ah, ah quite a long piece too. With a team of horses and you pull the wire. At that time, the hydro poles went from farm to farm to farm.
Hydroelectric power.
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... I would feel more confident, ah, you-know, if things break down, but I've- I've learned a few things along the way, like- you-know, when my hydro goes out quite a bit, so I- I know how to start the generator, even if it's cold, I know how to put the um, I think I put the- you spray the ether on it, I know- I know how to do things- certain little skills like that ...
Hydroelectric power.
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... I was born during the Second-World-War. ... And I was the, um- I am the, um, fourth of six children. And at the time, when I was growing up there was- we had no hydro and no wind or plumbing. ... We- and the girls took their turn in their place working in the fields along alongside the boys, picking stones and harvesting and rounding up the cows to be milked.
Hydroelectric power.
Interviewer: Was it different to suddenly be living in- in Killaloe as opposed to on the farm? ... Speaker: Yeah, 'cause there was hydro and- ... Oh, first time I was ironing, the iron is so light, and on the farm you'd have to heat the irons on the wood stove and they were so heavy.
Hydroelectric power.
... I remember when the paving crew came- ... And I remember when the hydro went through past our farm and everybody else got hydro but we didn't- ... 'Cause we couldn't afford it. (laughs)
Hydroelectric power.