water : Idioms & Phrases

• such as contain carbonic anhydride.

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• noun a water ouzel of western North America
  Cinclus mexicanus.
  

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• noun water shrew of North America
  Sorex palustris.
  

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• noun breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat
  

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• noun a water solution of ammonia
  ammonium hydroxide; ammonia.
  

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• a perfumed liquid made at first chiefly from angelica; afterwards containing rose, myrtle, and orange-flower waters, with ambergris, etc. Obs.

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A*pol`li*na"ris wa"ter

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1. An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.

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• noun the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18
  Aquarius the Water Bearer; Aquarius.
  

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• noun in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
  Nerodia sipedon; banded water snake; Natrix sipedon.
  

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• noun used to feed infants
  

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• a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.

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• noun water used for a bath
  

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• (Naut.), in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous) the vulnerable part or point of anything.

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• noun water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
  bilge.
  

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• (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive.

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• verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
  take aback; shock; ball over; floor.
  
  • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

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• the open ocean.

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• noun the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
  water.
  
  • they invaded our territorial waters
  • they were sitting by the water's edge

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• noun a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine
  BWR.
  

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• noun drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale
  

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• noun pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water
  

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• verb show the fins above the water while swimming
  fin.
  
  • The sharks were finning near the surface

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• noun effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
  seltzer; soda water; club soda; carbonated water.
  

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• noun Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
  Eleocharis dulcis; Chinese water chestnut.
  

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• noun an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent
  

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• a composition of clary flowers with brandy, etc., formerly used as a cardiac.

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• noun clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut
  coconut milk.
  

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• noun disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation
  
  • she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa

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• noun an apartment without modern conveniences
  

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• noun a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol
  cologne; eau de cologne.
  

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• adverb in spite of all obstacles
  no matter what happens; whatever may come.
  
  • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water

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• noun in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
  Nerodia sipedon; banded water snake; Natrix sipedon.
  

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• a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York.

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• (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing.

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• noun serious trouble
  

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• adjective satellite of or carried on in waters of great depth
  
  • a deep-water port

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• the sea raven.

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• noun water that has been purified by distillation
  

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• a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. "Dragon water may do good upon him." Randolph (1640).

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• noun water suitable for drinking
  

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• noun white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
  lotus; white lotus; Nymphaea lotus; white lily.
  

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• noun United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
  Waters.
  

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• noun a water ouzel of Europe
  Cinclus aquaticus.
  

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• noun widely distributed Old World water shrew
  Neomys fodiens.
  

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• water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.

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• (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative.

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• ardent spirits; so called by the American Indians.

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• noun the highest quality gems
  

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• the highest quality or purest luster; said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.

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• noun of Florida wetlands
  round-tailed muskrat; Neofiber alleni.
  

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• noun a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
  Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; fragrant water lily.
  

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• noun water that is not salty
  freshwater.
  

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Fresh"-wa`ter adjective

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1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
2. Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.
3. Unskilled; raw. Colloq. "Fresh-water soldiers." Knolles.

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• (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.

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• the hydra.

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• water through which gas has been passed for purification; called also gas liquor and ammoniacal water, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. Tomlinson.

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• noun large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes
  

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• an American water plant (Ranunculus multifidus), having deep yellow flowers.

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• noun large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe
  Sium latifolium.
  

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• noun underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks
  ground water; spring water.
  

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• a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.

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• noun water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap
  

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• water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3. -

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• noun water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
  deuterium oxide.
  

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• noun European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous
  Oenanthe crocata; hemlock water dropwort.
  

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• noun the tide when the water is highest
  highwater; high tide.
  

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• the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation.

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• noun a line marking the highest level reached
  

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• . (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet.

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• (Bot.), a composite shrub (Iva frutescens), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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• verb resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
  stand up; hold up.
  
  • Her shoes won't hold up
  • This theory won't hold water

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• noun water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
  

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• (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes.

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• the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water.

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• a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.

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• noun a dangerous or distressing predicament
  
  • his views on race got him into political hot water

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• noun any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
  achimenes.
  

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• noun a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
  hot-water bag.
  

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• noun a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
  hot-water bag.
  

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• noun a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
  hot-water tank; hot-water heater.
  

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• noun a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
  hot-water tank; hot-water heater.
  

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• a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.

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• noun water served ice-cold or with ice
  

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• . (a) Water cooled by ice. (b) Water formed by the melting of ice.

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• (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. Colloq.

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• a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miner's inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from ¹⁄₁₂ of an inch to 1 inch above its top.

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• noun the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation
  high sea.
  

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• noun breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail
  

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• noun an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite
  Javel water; eau de Javelle.
  

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• noun an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite
  Javel water; eau de Javelle.
  

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• water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process.

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• a perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.

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• noun mineral water containing lithium salts
  

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• (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.

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• noun the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
  low tide.
  

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• . (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.

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• (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.

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• that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier.

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• noun an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
  nadir.
  
• noun a line marking the lowest level reached
  

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• verb eliminate urine
  wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
  
  • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

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• noun a euphemism for urination
  leak; making water; wetting.
  
  • he had to take a leak

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• noun a type of water shrew
  Neomys anomalus.
  

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• noun the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom
  
  • many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters

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• noun water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically
  

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• waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature.

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• . See Mother liquor (above).

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• adjective satellite pleasing to the sense of taste
  savory; savoury.
  

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Na"pha wa`ter

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1. A perfume distilled from orange flowers.

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• noun a variety of water plantain
  

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• adjective satellite not soluble in water
  non-water-soluble.
  

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• noun an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water
  

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• verb eliminate urine
  wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
  
  • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

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• noun a euphemism for urination
  leak; making water; wetting.
  
  • he had to take a leak

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• verb be discouraging or negative about
  pour cold water on.
  

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• noun a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine
  PWR.
  

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• quicksilver water.

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• a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.

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• noun lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
  tonic; quinine water.
  

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• water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.

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• noun a disease of cattle; characterized by hematuria
  

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• a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.

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• noun a variety of water plantain
  

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• a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.

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• (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.

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• noun perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses
  

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Rose" wa`ter

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1. Water tinctured with roses by distillation.

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Rose"-wa`ter adjective

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1. Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. "Rose-water philantropy." Carlyle.

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• noun used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
  choppiness; roughness.
  

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• water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also tears.

  Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. Shak.

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• an ocean mariner.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Bluefish.
• (Zoöl.), the bluefish. Local, U.S. Bartlett.

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• a natural water from Seidlitz, containing magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with calcium carbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is used as an aperient.

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Sel"ters wa"ter

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1. A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid.

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Selt"zer wa"ter

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1. See Selters water.

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• noun water mixed with waste matter
  effluent; wastewater.
  

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• noun a stretch of water without current or movement
  slack.
  
  • suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless
• noun the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
  slack tide.
  

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• the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide.

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• navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.

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• noun effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
  seltzer; soda water; club soda; carbonated water.
  
• noun a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
  tonic; soda pop; pop; soda.
  
  • in New England they call sodas tonics

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• originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.

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• noun water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap)
  

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• water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts.

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• noun effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
  seltzer; soda water; club soda; carbonated water.
  

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• noun tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
  spotted hemlock; spotted cowbane.
  

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• noun underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks
  ground water; spring water.
  
• noun water from a spring
  

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Spurn"-wa`ter noun

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1. (Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.

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Strong"-wa`ter noun

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1. An acid. Obs.
2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.

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• noun water sweetened with sugar
  

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Sur"feit-wa`ter noun

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1. Water for the cure of surfeits. Obs. Locke.

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Tail"-wa`ter noun

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1. Water in a tailrace.

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• verb take in water at the bilge
  bilge.
  
  • the tanker bilged

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• verb enter the water
  
  • the wild ducks took water

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• noun water directly from the spigot
  

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• . (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.

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• noun the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
  

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• a phrase denoting that a person or animal has a longing desire for something, since the sight of food often causes one who is hungry to have an increased flow of saliva.

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• verb be discouraging or negative about
  pour cold water on.
  

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• water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard.

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• (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.

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• (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. Obs..

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• . (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. Collog. (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.

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• to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. Colloq.

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• to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.

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• . (a) (Naut.) To leak. (b) To urinate .
• . (a) To pass urine. Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak.

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• to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water, n., 7. Brokers' Cant

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• noun a perfumed liquid lighter than cologne
  eau de toilette.
  

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• noun lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
  tonic; quinine water.
  

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• a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. Nares.

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• noun a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms
  

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• noun territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories
  U.S. waters.
  
  • ships operating in United States waters must adhere to United States laws and regulations

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• below the surface of the water.

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• noun territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories
  U.S. waters.
  
  • ships operating in United States waters must adhere to United States laws and regulations

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• noun sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy, France or water similar to it
  

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Vi"chy wa`ter

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1. A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.

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Wa"ter ad"der

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) The water moccasin. (b) The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.

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Wa"ter ag"ri*mo*ny

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1. (Bot.) A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.

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Wa"ter al"oe

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1. (Bot.) See Water soldier.

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Wa"ter an"te*lope

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1. See Water buck.

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• noun plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
  Calla palustris; wild calla.
  

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Wa"ter a"rum

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1. (Bot.) An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.

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• noun erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
  purple avens; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; chocolate root.
  

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• noun water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove
  

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Wa"ter back`

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1. See under 1st Back.

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Wa"ter bail"iff

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1. An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. Eng.

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Wa"ter bal"last

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1. (Naut.) Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.

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Wa"ter ba*rom"e*ter

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1. (Physics) A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

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Wa"ter bath`

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1. A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.

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Wa"ter bat"ter*y

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1. (Elec.) A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.
2. (Mil.) A battery nearly on a level with the water.

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Wa"ter bear`

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1. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.

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• noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius
  Aquarius.
  
• noun the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18
  Aquarius the Water Bearer; Aquarius.
  

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• noun a bed with a mattress made of strong plastic that is filled with water
  

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Wa"ter bed`

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1. A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients. also used in some private homes.

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Wa"ter beech`

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1. (Bot.) The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.

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• noun any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming
  

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Wa"ter bee"tle

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1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidæ, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidæ. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars.

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Wa"ter bel"lows

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1. Same as Tromp.

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• noun birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
  Western paper birch; Betula fontinalis; mountain birch; swamp birch; Western birch.
  

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• noun freshwater aquatic bird
  waterfowl; waterbird.
  

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Wa"ter bird`

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1. (Zoöl.) Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.

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• noun a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening; often served with cheese
  

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• noun hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
  water bitternut; Carya aquatica; bitter pecan.
  

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Wa"ter black"*bird

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1. (Zoöl.) The European water ousel, or dipper.

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• noun blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content
  

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• noun carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs
  boat bug.
  

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Wa"ter boat`man

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1. (Zoöl.) A boat bug.

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• noun a bottle for holding water
  

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• noun an assistant who supplies drinking water
  waterer.
  

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Wa"ter brain`

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1. A disease of sheep; gid.

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Wa"ter brash`

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1. (Med.) See under Brash.

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Wa"ter breath"er

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1. (Zoöl.) Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.

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Wa"ter bridge`

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1. (Steam Boilers) See Water table.

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Wa"ter buck`

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1. (Zoöl.) A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok. ✍ The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche (Kobus leche), which has similar habits.

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• noun an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
  Bubalus bubalis; water buffalo; Asiatic buffalo.
  

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Wa"ter buf"fa*lo

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1. (Zoöl.) The European buffalo.

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• noun a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water
  
• noun small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
  German cockroach; Croton bug; Blattella germanica; crotonbug.
  

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Wa"ter bug`

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) The Croton bug. (b) Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidæ. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night.

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• noun a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater
  

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Wa"ter butt`

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1. A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens.

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• noun plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America
  Ranunculus aquatilis; water buttercup.
  

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• noun pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
  pistia; water cabbage; Pistia stratiotes; Pistia stratoites.
  

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• noun a variety of water chestnut
  Trapa natans; Jesuits' nut.
  

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Wa"ter cal"trop

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1. (Bot.) The water chestnut.

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Wa"ter can`

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1. (Bot.) Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock. Dr. Prior.

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Wa"ter can"ker

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1. (Med.) See Canker, n., 1.

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• noun a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
  watercannon.
  

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• noun aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States
  Chrysosplenium americanum; water carpet.
  

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Wa"ter car"riage

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1. Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
2. A vessel or boat. Obs. Arbuthnot.

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• noun cart with a tank for water (especially with fresh water for sale)
  

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Wa"ter cart`

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1. A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.

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Wa"ter ca"vy

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1. (Zoöl.) The capybara.

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Wa"ter cel"er*y

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1. (Bot.) A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.

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Wa"ter cell`

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1. A cell containing water; specifically (Zoöl.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.

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Wa"ter ce*ment"

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1. Hydraulic cement.

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• noun a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
  caltrop; water chestnut.
  
• noun Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
  Eleocharis dulcis; Chinese water chestnut.
  
• noun edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
  

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Wa"ter chest"nut

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1. (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.

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• noun a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
  caltrop; water chestnut.
  

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• noun largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
  Hyemoschus aquaticus; water chevrotain.
  

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Wa"ter chev`ro*tain"

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1. (Zoöl.) A large West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.

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Wa"ter chick"en

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1. (Zoöl.) The common American gallinule.

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• noun small Indian lettuce of northern regions
  Montia lamprosperma; blinking chickweed; blinks.
  

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Wa"ter chick"weed`

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1. (Bot.) A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.

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• noun water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
  yanquapin; American lotus; Nelumbo lutea.
  
• noun edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
  

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Wa"ter chin"qua*pin

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1. (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

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• noun chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool
  

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• noun clock that measures time by the escape of water
  water clock; clepsydra.
  

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Wa"ter clock`

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1. An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.

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• noun a toilet in Britain
  W.C.; loo; closet.
  

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• noun water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
  Marsilea quadrifolia.
  

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Wa"ter cock`

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1. (Zoöl.) A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.

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Wa"ter col`or

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1. A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color. ✍ It preserves its consistency when dried in a solid cake, which is used by rubbing off a portion on a moistened palette. Moist water colors are water colors kept in a semifluid or pasty state in little metal tubes or pans.
2. A picture painted with such colors.

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• noun a public utility that provides water
  waterworks.
  

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• noun the conservation of water resources
  

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• noun a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water
  

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Wa"ter course`

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1. A stream of water; a river or brook. Isa. xliv. 4.
2. A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.
3. (Law) A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry. Angell. Burrill.

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Wa"ter craft`

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1. Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.

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Wa"ter crake`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper. (b) The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake. (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.

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Wa"ter crane`

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1. A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.

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Wa"ter cress`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.

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Wa"ter crow`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper. (b) The European coot.

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• noun plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America
  Ranunculus aquatilis; water buttercup.
  

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Wa"ter crow"foot`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.

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Wa"ter cure`

Definitions

1. (Med.) Hydropathy.
2. A hydropathic institution.

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Wa"ter deck`

Definitions

1. A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. Wilhelm.

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• noun largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
  Hyemoschus aquaticus; water chevrotain.
  

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Wa"ter deer`

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks. (b) The water chevrotain.

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Wa"ter deer"let

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1. See Water chevrotain.

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• noun making an area of water more useful
  water program; water development.
  

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Wa"ter dev"il

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1. (Zoöl.) The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.

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Wa"ter dock`

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1. (Bot.) A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.

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Wa"ter doc"tor

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1. (Med.) (a) One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. (b) A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.

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• noun a person who enjoys being in or on the water
  water dog.
  
• noun a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl
  

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Wa"ter dog`

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1. (Zoöl.) A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained.
2. (Zoöl.) The menobranchus.
3. A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.
4. A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt. Colloq.

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• verb make less strong or intense
  
  • water down the mixture
• verb thin by adding water to
  
  • They watered down the moonshine

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• noun North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
  lizard's-tail; swamp lily; Saururus cernuus.
  
• noun swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
  May blob; kingcup; meadow bright; cowslip; Caltha palustris; marsh marigold.
  

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Wa"ter drain`

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1. A drain or channel for draining off water.

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Wa"ter drain"age

Definitions

1. The draining off of water.

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Wa"ter dress"ing

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1. (Med.) The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.

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• noun European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous
  Oenanthe crocata; hemlock water dropwort.
  

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Wa"ter drop"wort`

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1. (Bot.) A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.

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Wa"ter ea"gle

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1. (Zoöl.) The osprey.

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Wa"ter el"der

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The guelder-rose.

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Wa"ter el"e*phant

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The hippopotamus. R.

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• noun Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environment
  Ulmus laevis.
  
• noun large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
  rock elm; Ulmus americana; American elm; white elm.
  

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Wa"ter en"gine

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1. An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.

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• noun a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
  water faucet; tap; hydrant.
  

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Wa"ter feath"er, Wa"ter feath"er-foil` (Also<

• Water feather
• Water feather-foil

)

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1. (Bot.) The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.

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• noun European poisonous herb with fibrous roots
  Oenanthe aquatica.
  

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• noun ferns that grow in water
  aquatic fern.
  

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• noun a filter to remove impurities from the water supply
  

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• noun forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil
  dowsing rod; dowser; divining rod; waterfinder.
  

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Wa"ter flag`

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1. (Bot.) A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.

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Wa"ter flan"nel

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

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• noun cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
  Spirodela polyrrhiza; great duckweed.
  

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• noun minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
  cyclops.
  
• noun minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
  daphnia.
  

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Wa"ter flea`

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1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.

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Wa"ter floun"der

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1. (Zoöl.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). Local, U. S.

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• noun a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water
  drinking fountain; bubbler.
  

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Wa"ter fox`

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1. (Zoöl.) The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning. Walton.

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Wa"ter frame`

Definitions

1. A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

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Wa"ter fur"row

Definitions

1. (Agric.) A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.

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• noun gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
  water gauge; water gage.
  

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Wa"ter gage`

Definitions

1. See Water gauge.

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Wa"ter gall`

Definitions

1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.

   These water galls, in her dim element, Foretell new storms to those already spent. Shak.

   False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the water gall by the rainbow. Walpole.

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Wa"ter gang`

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1. (O. E. Law) A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. Burrill.

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• noun a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows
  

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• noun a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal
  

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Wa"ter gas`

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1. (Chem.) See under Gas.

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• noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
  floodgate; head gate; sluicegate; penstock; sluice valve.
  

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Wa"ter gate`

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1. A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.

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• noun gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
  water gauge; water gage.
  

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Wa"ter gauge`

Definitions

1. A wall or bank to hold water back. Craig.
2. An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.

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Wa"ter gav"el

Definitions

1. (O. Eng. Law) A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.

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Wa"ter ger*man"der

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.

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Wa"ter gild"ing

Definitions

1. The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding.

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• noun a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers
  American featherfoil; Hottonia inflata.
  

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• noun a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
  soluble glass; sodium silicate.
  
• noun a glass for drinking water
  
• noun gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
  water gauge; water gage.
  
• noun clock that measures time by the escape of water
  water clock; clepsydra.
  

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Wa"ter glass`

Definitions

1. (Chem.) See Soluble glass, under Glass.

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Wa"ter god`

Definitions

1. (Myth.) A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.

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Wa"ter gru"el

Definitions

1. A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.

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• noun columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood
  Nyssa aquatica.
  

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• noun plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water
  squirt gun; squirter; water gun.
  

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• noun the banging sound of steam in pipes
  

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Wa"ter ham"mer

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1. A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer.
2. A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.

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Wa"ter hare

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.

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• noun hazard provided by ponds of water that the golfer must avoid
  

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• noun a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
  hot-water tank; hot-water heater.
  

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• noun tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas
  Cicuta verosa.
  

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Wa"ter hem"lock

Definitions

1. (Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant (Oenanthe crocata) resembling the above.

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Wa"ter hemp`

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1. (Bot.) See under Hemp.

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• noun a coot found in North America
  Fulica americana; marsh hen; mud hen; American coot.
  
• noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
  marsh hen; swamphen; gallinule.
  

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Wa"ter hen`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any gallinule.
2. (Zoöl.) The common American coot.

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• noun hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
  water bitternut; Carya aquatica; bitter pecan.
  

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Wa"ter hog`

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1. (Zoöl.) The capybara.

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• noun a natural hole or hollow containing water
  

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• noun aromatic perennial herb of United States
  Lycopus americanus.
  

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Wa"ter hore"hound`

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1. (Bot.) Bugleweed.

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• noun Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia
  Equisetum fluviatile; swamp horsetail.
  

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• noun a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
  Eichhornia spesiosa; water hyacinth; Eichhornia crassipes.
  

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Wa"ter hy"a*cinth

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1. (Bot.) Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.

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• noun water frozen in the solid state
  ice.
  
  • Americans like ice in their drinks
• noun an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
  sorbet.
  

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Wa"ter ice`

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1. Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.

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Wa"ter inch`

Definitions

1. Same as Inch of water, under Water.

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• noun a container filled with water that surrounds a machine to cool it; especially that surrounding the cylinder block of an engine
  

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water jacket

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1. A chamber surrounding a vessel or tube in which water may be circulated, thereby regulating the temperature or supply of heat to the vessel. Used in laboratory and manufacturing equipment. water-jacketed. Having a water jacket; -- as, a water-jacketed condenser.

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Wa"ter joint`

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1. (Arch.) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.

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• noun a jug that holds water
  

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• noun a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest
  

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Wa"ter jun"ket

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1. (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.

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Wa"ter la"ver*ock

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.

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Wa"ter leg`

Definitions

1. (Steam Boilers) See Leg, 7.

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• noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
  bell apple; sweet cup; yellow granadilla.
  

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Wa"ter lem"on

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1. (Bot.) The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.

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• noun pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
  pistia; water cabbage; Pistia stratiotes; Pistia stratoites.
  

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Wa"ter let"tuce

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

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• noun the level of the surface of a body of water
  
• noun underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
  water level; groundwater level.
  
  • spring rains had raised the water table
• noun a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
  water level; waterline.
  
• noun a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube
  

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Wa"ter lev"el

Definitions

1. The level formed by the surface of still water.
2. A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.

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• noun an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
  

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Wa"ter lil`y

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphæa, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphæa. ✍ The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. See Euryale, Lotus, and Victoria, 1.

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Wa"ter lime`

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1. Hydraulic lime.

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• noun a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
  water level; waterline.
  
• noun a line marking the level reached by a body of water
  watermark.
  

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Wa"ter line`

Definitions

1. (Shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. ✍ In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
2. (Naut.) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.

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Wa"ter liz"ard

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

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• noun erect perennial aquatic herb of Europe and North America having submerged spongy leaves and pendulous racemes of blue flowers above the water
  Lobelia dortmanna.
  

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• noun honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
  Gleditsia aquatica; swamp locust.
  

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Wa"ter lo"cust

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1. (Bot.) A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

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• noun main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water
  

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• noun aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States
  Chrysosplenium americanum; water carpet.
  

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Wa"ter mead"ow

Definitions

1. (Agric.) A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

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Wa"ter meas"ure

Definitions

1. A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell.

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Wa"ter meas"ur*er

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2.

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• noun meter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outlet
  

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Wa"ter me"ter

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1. A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.

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• noun an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers
  

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Wa"ter mil"foil

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.

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• noun a mill powered by a water wheel
  

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Wa"ter mill`

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1. A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.

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• noun a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America
  water mint; Mentha aquatica.
  

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Wa"ter mint`

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1. A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.

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Wa"ter mite`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidæ, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider.

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• noun venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
  cottonmouth moccasin; cottonmouth; Agkistrodon piscivorus.
  
• noun any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
  

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Wa"ter moc"ca*sin

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper. called also cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin.

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• noun parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil
  

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Wa"ter mole`

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) The shrew mole. See under Shrew. (b) The duck mole. See under Duck.

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Wa"ter mon"i*tor

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.

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Wa"ter mo"tor

Definitions

1. A water engine.
2. A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.

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Wa"ter mouse`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodents found in Australia.

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Wa"ter mur"rain

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1. A kind of murrain affecting cattle. Crabb.

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Wa"ter newt`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.

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• noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
  naiad.
  
• noun a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
  Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; fragrant water lily.
  
• noun (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
  
• noun a fairy that inhabits water
  water nymph; water spirit.
  

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Wa"ter nymph`

Definitions

1. (Myth.) A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.
2. (Bot.) A water lily (Nymphæa).

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• noun relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil
  Quercus nigra; possum oak.
  

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Wa"ter oat`

Definitions

1. Indian rice. See under Rice.

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• noun the water present in hydrated compounds
  water of crystallization; water of crystallisation.
  

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• noun the water present in hydrated compounds
  water of crystallization; water of crystallisation.
  

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• (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, CuSO4, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, CuSO4.5H2O, contains five molecules of water of crystallization.

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• noun the water present in hydrated compounds
  water of crystallization; water of crystallisation.
  

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• (Med.), hydrocephalus.

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• (Med.), hydrothorax.

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• noun hydrarthrosis affecting the knee
  

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Wa"ter o*pos"sum

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.

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• noun a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
  Eichhornia spesiosa; water hyacinth; Eichhornia crassipes.
  

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Wa"ter or"de*al

Definitions

1. Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.

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Wa"ter ou"sel, Wa"ter ou"zel (Also<

• Water ousel
• Water ouzel

)

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.

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• noun small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
  dipper.
  

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Wa"ter ou"sel, Wa"ter ou"zel (Also<

• Water ousel
• Water ouzel

)

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.

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• noun an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
  Bubalus bubalis; water buffalo; Asiatic buffalo.
  

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• noun stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia
  Sium suave.
  

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Wa"ter pars"nip

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.

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• noun a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
  divide; watershed.
  

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Wa"ter par"tridge

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck. Local, U. S.

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Wa"ter pen"ny*wort`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.

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Wa"ter pep"per

Definitions

1. (Bot.) (a) Smartweed. (b) Waterwort.

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Wa"ter pheas"ant

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The pintail. See Pintail, n., 1. (b) The goosander. (c) The hooded merganser.

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Wa"ter pi"et

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The water ousel.

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Wa"ter pig`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The capybara.
2. (Zoöl.) The gourami.

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• noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
  diuretic drug; diuretic.
  

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Wa"ter pil"lar

Definitions

1. A waterspout. Obs.

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• noun a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
  

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Wa"ter pim"per*nel

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.

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• noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
  hubble-bubble; sheesha; kalian; hubbly-bubbly; nargileh; hookah; calean; shisha; chicha; narghile.
  
  • a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola

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Wa"ter pipe

Definitions

1. A pipe for conveying water.

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• noun plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water
  squirt gun; squirter; water gun.
  

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Wa"ter pitch"er

Definitions

1. A pitcher for water.
2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.

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• noun a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
  hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; aquatic plant.
  

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Wa"ter plant`

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1. A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

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• noun marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves
  Alisma plantago-aquatica.
  

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Wa"ter plan"tain

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.

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Wa"ter plate`

Definitions

1. A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. Knight.

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Wa"ter po"a

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Meadow reed grass. See under Reed.

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Wa"ter poise`

Definitions

1. A hydrometer.

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• noun pollution of the water in rivers and lakes
  

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• noun a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal
  

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• noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
  water pore; hydathode.
  

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Wa"ter pore`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.
2. (Bot.) One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata. Goodale.

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Wa"ter pow"er

Definitions

1. The power of water employed to move machinery, etc.
2. A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.

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Wa"ter pox`

Definitions

1. (Med.) A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. Dunglison.

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Wa"ter priv"i*lege

Definitions

1. The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used. See under Privilege.

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• noun making an area of water more useful
  water program; water development.
  

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• noun making an area of water more useful
  water program; water development.
  

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• noun the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate
  

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Wa"ter purs"lane

Definitions

1. (Bot.) See under Purslane.

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Wa"ter qualm`

Definitions

1. (Med.) See Water brash, under Brash.

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Wa"ter rab"bit

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See Water hare.

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Wa"ter rad"ish

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.

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Wa"ter rail`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.

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Wa"ter ram`

Definitions

1. An hydraulic ram.

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• noun a person who enjoys being in or on the water
  water dog.
  
• noun common large Eurasian vole
  water rat; Arvicola amphibius.
  
• noun any of various amphibious rats
  

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Wa"ter rat`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The water vole. See under Vole. (b) The muskrat. (c) The beaver rat. See under Beaver.
2. A thief on the water; a pirate.

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Wa"ter rate`

Definitions

1. A rate or tax for a supply of water.

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Wa"ter rat"tle, Wa"ter rat"tler (Also<

• Water rattle
• Water rattler

)

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.

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Wa"ter rice"

Definitions

1. Indian rice. See under Rice.

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• noun right of access to water
  riparian right.
  

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Wa"ter rock"et

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
2. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.

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Wa"ter sail`

Definitions

1. (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.

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• noun a deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstone
  

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Wa"ter sap"phire

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Min.) A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.

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• noun a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
  scooter; sea scooter.
  

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• noun long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube
  

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Wa"ter scor"pi*on

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See Nepa.

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Wa"ter screw`

Definitions

1. A screw propeller.

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• noun perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
  marsh trefoil; Menyanthes trifoliata; buckbean; bogbean; bog myrtle.
  

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Wa"ter shield`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

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• noun any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams
  

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Wa"ter shrew`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.

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• noun long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
  water skater; pond-skater.
  

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• noun broad ski for skimming over water towed by a speedboat
  
• verb ride water skis
  

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• noun a container of skin for holding water
  waterskin.
  

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Wa"ter snail`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnæa, and allied genera; a pond snail.
2. (Mech.) The Archimedean screw. R.

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• noun any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water
  

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Wa"ter snake`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) A common North American colubrine snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the water. (b) Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidæ, all of which are aquatic in their habits.

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• noun a substance (such as sodium chloride) that lessens the hardness of water by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions and so gives the water more efficient sudsing power
  

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Wa"ter sol`dier

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.

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Wa"ter souch`y

Definitions

1. (Cookery) A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water. Written also water souchet. See Zoutch.

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• noun any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl
  

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Wa"ter span"iel

Definitions

1. A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.

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Wa"ter spar"row

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The reed warbler. Prov. Eng. (b) The reed bunting. Prov. Eng.

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• noun plant of wet places in Eurasia and America
  Veronica michauxii; Veronica anagallis-aquatica.
  

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Wa"ter speed"well

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.

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Wa"ter spi"der

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider. (b) A water mite. (c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider.

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Wa"ter spin`ner

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The water spider.

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• noun a fairy that inhabits water
  water nymph; water spirit.
  

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• noun sports that involve bodies of water
  aquatics.
  

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• noun aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
  Ceratopteris pteridioides; floating fern.
  
• noun a fairy that inhabits water
  water nymph; water spirit.
  

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Wa"ter sprite`

Definitions

1. A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.

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• noun grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
  Heteranthera dubia; mud plantain.
  

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Wa"ter star" grass`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.

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• noun any of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves; America, Europe and Asia
  

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Wa"ter star"wort`

Definitions

1. See under Starwort.

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• noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
  water pore; hydathode.
  

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• noun long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water
  water skater; pond-skater.
  

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• noun a facility that provides a source of water
  water; water supply.
  
  • the town debated the purification of the water supply
  • first you have to cut off the water

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Wa"ter sup*ply"

Definitions

1. A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.

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• noun a river and all of its tributaries
  
• noun a facility that provides a source of water
  water; water supply.
  
  • the town debated the purification of the water supply
  • first you have to cut off the water

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Wa"ter tab"by

Definitions

1. A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.

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• noun underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water
  water level; groundwater level.
  
  • spring rains had raised the water table

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Wa"ter ta"ble

Definitions

1. (Arch.) A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

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• noun a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
  cistern.
  

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• noun a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
  water faucet; tap; hydrant.
  

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Wa"ter ther*mom"e*ter

Definitions

1. (Physics) A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39° Fahr., or 4° Centigrade; and from that point down to 32° Fahr., or 0° Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.

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Wa"ter thief`

Definitions

1. A pirate. R. Shak.

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• noun brownish North American warbler found near streams
  

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Wa"ter thrush`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis). (b) The European water ousel. (b) The pied wagtail.

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Wa"ter thyme`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) See Anacharis.

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Wa"ter tick`

Definitions

1. Same as Water mite.

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Wa"ter ti"ger

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle.

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Wa"ter torch`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.

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• noun a large reservoir for water
  

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Wa"ter tow"er

Definitions

1. A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings. 2. A tall water storage tank in the shape of a tower.

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• noun travel by water
  seafaring.
  

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Wa"ter tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, ∨ potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.

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Wa"ter tre"foil`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The buck bean.

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• noun any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia
  cryptocoryne.
  

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Wa"ter tu tu`yère" (Also<

• Water tu tuyere
• Water tu tuyère

)

Definitions

1. A tuyère kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.

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Wa"ter tu twist`

Definitions

1. Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.

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Wa"ter tube`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.

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Wa"ter tu"pe*lo

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.

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• noun blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions
  Anhinga anhinga.
  

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Wa"ter tur"key

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The American snakebird. See Snakebird.

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• noun past events to be put aside
  bygone.
  
  • let bygones be bygones

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• noun water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
  water vapor.
  

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• noun water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
  water vapor.
  

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• noun system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration
  

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Wa"ter vine`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.

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• noun featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers
  Hottonia palustris.
  

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Wa"ter vi"o*let

Definitions

1. (Bot.) See under Violet.

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Wa"ter vi"per

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See Water moccasin.

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• noun common large Eurasian vole
  water rat; Arvicola amphibius.
  
• noun of western North America
  Microtus richardsoni; Richardson vole.
  

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Wa"ter vole`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See under Vole.

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• noun a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)
  water waggon.
  

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• noun a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)
  water waggon.
  

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Wa"ter wag"tail`

Definitions

1. See under Wagtail.

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Wa"ter way`

Definitions

1. Same as Water course.

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• noun a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond
  waterwheel.
  
• noun a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine
  waterwheel.
  

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Wa"ter wheel`

Definitions

1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc.
2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.

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Wa"ter wil`low

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

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Wa"ter wing`

Definitions

1. (Arch.) One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.

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• noun a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim
  

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• noun someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
  rhabdomancer; dowser.
  

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Wa"ter witch`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The dabchick. (b) The stormy petrel. Prov. Eng.

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• noun grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white flesh
  white yam; Dioscorea alata.
  

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• noun paint in which water is used as the vehicle
  

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Wa"ter-bear`er noun

Definitions

1. (Astron.) The constellation Aquarius.

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Wa"ter-bound` adjective

Definitions

1. Prevented by a flood from proceeding.

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Wa"ter-clos`et noun

Definitions

1. A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.

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• noun water-soluble pigment
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  
• noun a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  
• noun a painting produced with watercolors
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  
• noun the art or technique of painting with watercolors
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  

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Wa"ter-col`or*ist noun

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1. One who paints in water colors.

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• noun water-soluble pigment
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  
• noun a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  
• noun a painting produced with watercolors
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  
• noun the art or technique of painting with watercolors
  watercolor; water-color; watercolour.
  

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• adjective satellite kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water
  
  • a water-cooled engine

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• noun nuclear reactor using water as a coolant
  

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Wa"ter-fur"row transitive verb

Definitions

1. To make water furrows in.

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• adjective satellite not soluble in water
  non-water-soluble.
  

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Wa"ter-laid` adjective

Definitions

1. Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.

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• noun dicot aquatic plants
  Nymphaeaceae; family Nymphaeaceae.
  

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Wa"ter-logged adjective

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1. Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.

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• adjective satellite (of plants) flourishing with lots of water
  

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• noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
  Haloragidaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; family Haloragaceae.
  

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• noun a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America
  water mint; Mentha aquatica.
  

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• noun perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
  Alismataceae; family Alismataceae.
  

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• noun rate per quarter for water from a public supply
  

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• adjective satellite hindering the penetration of water
  water-repellent.
  
  • a water-repellent coat

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• adjective satellite hindering the penetration of water
  water-repellent.
  
  • a water-repellent coat

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Wa"ter-ret` transitive verb

Wordforms

Definitions

1. To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.

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Wa"ter-rot` transitive verb

Wordforms

Definitions

1. To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.

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• noun aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
  Brasenia schreberi; water-shield.
  
• noun common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
  fanwort; Cabomba caroliniana.
  

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• noun in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
  Cabombaceae; subfamily Cabombaceae.
  

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• noun skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat
  

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Wa"ter-soak` transitive verb

Definitions

1. To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.

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• adjective satellite soluble in water
  

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• noun any vitamin that is soluble in water
  

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Wa"ter-stand`ing adjective

Definitions

1. Tear-filled. R. "Many an orphan's water-standing eye." Shak.

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• noun aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
  Brasenia schreberi; water-shield.
  

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Wa"ter-tight` adjective

Definitions

1. So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.

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• verb wash with water
  water-wash.
  

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• verb wash with water
  water-wash.
  
• adjective satellite washed or swept with water especially waves of the sea
  
• adjective satellite clean by virtue of having been washed in water
  washed.
  

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Wa"ter-white` noun

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1. (Bot.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.

Webster 1913

• noun stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital
  

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• noun silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
  moire.
  

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• noun a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
  watering can.
  

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• noun water cart with a tank and sprinkler for sprinkling roads
  

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• noun a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
  watering hole; spa.
  

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• noun a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
  watering hole; spa.
  

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• noun a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
  watering can.
  

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• noun underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks
  ground water; spring water.
  

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• the water that flows into a well from subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.

Webster 1913

• noun frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
  whitewater.
  

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White"-wa`ter noun