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Water line
·- Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at v...
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water-line
In former ships of war, a fine white painted line or bend, representing the deep line of flotation, ...
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light water-draught
The depth of water which a vessel draws when she is empty, or nearly so.
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load water-line
The draught of water exhibited when the ship is properly loaded; in a word, her proper displacement,...
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water-line model
The same as key-model (which see).
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Light
·noun Life; existence.
II. Light ·adv Lightly; cheaply.
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Light
The offspring of the divine command (Gen. 1:3). "All the more joyous emotions of the mind, all the p...
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light
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Line
·noun Flax; linen.
II. Line ·noun A trench or rampart.
III. Line ·noun Instruction; doctrine.
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line
To get a man into a line, i.e. to divert his attention by a ridiculous or absurd story. To humbug.
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to line
To fish with a line. So, to seine, i. e. to fish with a seine. I have never seen these words used ex...
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line
The general appellation of a number of small ropes in a ship, as buntlines, clue-lines, bowlines, &c...
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line of line
See gunter's line.
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wind and water line
That part of a ship lying at the surface of the water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion...
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Water
·vi To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
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water
His chops watered at it; he longed earnestly for it. To watch his waters; to keep a strict watch on ...
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Arc light
·add. ·- The light of an arc lamp.
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Auld light
·add. ·- ·same·as <<Burgher>>, ·noun, 2.
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Bude light
·- A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of com...
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Drummond light
·- A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, ...
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Finsen light
·add. ·- Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the...
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Light year
·add. ·- The distance over which light can travel in a year's time;
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Light-armed
·adj Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
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Light-boat
·noun Light-ship.
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Light-fingered
·adj Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
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Light-foot
·adj ·Alt. of Light-footed.
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Light-footed
·adj Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
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Light-handed
·adj Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
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Light-headed
·adj Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
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Light-hearted
·adj Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
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Light-heeled
·adj Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
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Light-horseman
·noun A soldier who serves in the light horse. ·see under 5th Light.
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Light-horsemen
·pl of Light-horseman.
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Light-legged
·adj Nimble; swift of foot.
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Light-minded
·adj Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
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Light-ship
·noun A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of danger...
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Light-winged
·adj Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.
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Oxyhydrogen light
·add. ·- A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, ·esp. lime, in the oxyhydrogen fl...
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Pilot light
·add. ·- A small incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by ...
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Top-light
·noun A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
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Zircon light
·add. ·- A light, similar to the calcium light, produced by incandescent zirconia.
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light bob
A soldier of the light infantry company.
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light-fingered
Thievish, apt to pilfer.
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light-heeled
Swift in running. A light-heeled wench; one who is apt, by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat ...
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light house
A man with a red fiery nose.
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light troops
Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.
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new light
One of the new light; a methodist.
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light-horseman
n.
obsolete name for a fish;probably the fish now called a Sweep (q.v.).
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to light on
To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find.--Webster.
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bengal light
See blue light.
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binnacle-light
The lamp throwing light upon the compass-card.
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blue light
A pyrotechnical preparation for signals by night. Also called Bengal light.
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floating light
A vessel moored off rocks or sand-banks, hoisting lights at night.
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flying-light
The state of a ship when she has little cargo, provisions, or water on board, and is very crank.
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light, to
To move or lift anything along; as "light over to windward," the cry for helping the man at the weat...
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light airs
Unsteady and faint flaws of wind.
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light along!
Lend assistance in hauling cables, hawsers, or large ropes along, and lifting some parts in a requir...
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light-balls
Are thrown from mortars at night to discover the enemy's working parties, &c. They are composed of s...
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light bobs
The old soubriquet for light infantry (which see).
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light breezes
When light airs have become steady.
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light-handed
Short of the complement of men.
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light-horse
A name formerly given to all mounted men who were not encumbered with armour.
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light-horseman
An old name for the light boat, since called a gig. (See wallmia.)
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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...
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light infantry
Troops specially trained to the extended and rapid movements necessary to cover the manœuvres of the...
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light-port
A scuttle made for showing a light through. Also, a port in timber ships kept open until brought dee...
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light-room
In a ship-of-war, a small space parted off from the magazine, having double-glass windows for more s...
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light sails
All above the topgallant-sails; also the studding-sails and flying jib. Men-of-war carry topgallant-...
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light ship
In contradistinction to laden; a ship is said to be light when she has no cargo, or merely in ballas...
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top-light
See top-lantern
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zodiacal light
A pyramidal cone of light, apparently emanating from the rising and setting sun, commonly seen in th...
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Air line
·add. ·- A path through the air made easy for aerial navigation by steady winds.
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Bee line
·- The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with hone...
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Date line
·add. ·- The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreeme...
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Drag line
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Drag rope.
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Gunter's line
·- A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numb...
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Line-up
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Lineup>>.
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Pipe line
·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...
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Pipe-line
·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
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Side line
·add. ·- A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing.
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Spurling-line
·noun The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
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Stream line
·add. ·- The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like.
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Up-line
·noun A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the ...
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Vortex line
·add. ·- A line, within a rotating fluid, whose tangent at every point is the instantaneous axis of ...
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black-line
See Black-War.
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snow-line
n.
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to line bees
is to track wild bees to their homes in the woods. One who follows this occupation is called a bee h...
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bee-line
To take a bee-line, is to take the most direct or straight way from one point to another. Bees in re...
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base-line
In strategy, the line joining the various points of a base of operations. In surveying, the base on ...
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beam-line
A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...
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bearding-line
In ship-building, is a curved line made by bearding the dead-wood to the shape of the ship's body.
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breadth line
A curved line of the ship lengthwise, intersecting the timbers at their greatest extent from the mid...
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cant-line
Synonymous with girt-line, as to cant the top over the lowermast-head.
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cod-line
An eighteen-thread line.
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concluding-line
A small rope hitched to the middle of the steps of the stern-ladders. Also, a small line leading thr...
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cont-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.
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counter-line
A word often used for contravallation.
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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fancy-line
A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff, used as a down-haul. Also, a line used for cross-...
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furling-line
Denotes a generally flat cord called a gasket. In bad weather, with a weak crew, the top-sail is bro...
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gant-line
Synonymous with girt-line (which see).
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gaub-line
A rope leading from the martingale in-board. The same as back-rope.
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girt-line
A whip purchase, consisting of a rope passing through a single block on the head of a lower mast to ...
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gob-line
See gaub-line.
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gunter's line
Called also the line of numbers, and the line of lines, is placed upon scales and sectors, and named...
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hambro'-line
See hamber
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hand-line
A line bent to the hand-lead, measured at certain intervals with what are called marks and deeps fro...
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hauling-line
A line made fast to any object, to be hauled nearer or on board, as a hawser, a spar, &c.
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house-line
See housing
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indented line
In fortification, a connected line of works composed of faces which offer a continued series of alte...
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lead-line
A line attached to the upper end of the sounding-lead. (See hand-line and deep-sea line.)
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line, to
To cover one piece with another. Also, to mark out the work on a floor for determining the shape of ...
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line-breadth
See breadth line.
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log-line and log-ship
A small line about 100 fathoms long, fastened to the log-ship by means of two legs, one of which pas...
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margin line
A line or edge parallel to the upper side of the wing transom, and just below it, where the butts of...
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measuring line
The old term for the first meridian reckoned off from a ship's longitude. Also, the five-fathom line...
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par-line
A term signifying the normal level of a barometer for a given station, or the mean pressure between ...
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reef-line
Casual aids in bad weather to help the men at the earings. When the vessel was going free, and the s...
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smiting-line
A line by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosed, without sending men aloft. If well executed, marks ...
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sounding-line
This line, with a plummet, is mentioned by Lucilius; and was the sund-gyrd of the Anglo-Saxons.
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spurling-line
The line which formed the communication between the wheel and the tell-tale: it went round a small b...
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tow-line
[Anglo-Saxon toh-line]. A small hawser or warp used to move a ship from one part of a harbour or roa...
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tricing-line
A small cord, generally passing through a block or thimble, and used to hoist up any object to rende...
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trigger-line
A line by which the gun is fired.
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tripping-line
A small rope serving to unrig the lower top-gallant yard-arm of its lift and brace, when in the act ...
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twiddling-line
A piece of small rope ornamentally fitted and used for steadying the steering-wheel when required: n...
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Apollinaris water
·- An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in ...
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Fresh-water
·adj Unskilled; raw.
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Napha water
·- A perfume distilled from orange flowers.
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Rose water
·- Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
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Rose-water
·adj Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
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Selters water
·- A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic a...
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Seltzer water
·- ·see Selters water.
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Spurn-water
·noun A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
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Strong-water
·noun An <<Acid>>.
II. Strong-water ·noun Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
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Surfeit-water
·noun Water for the cure of surfeits.
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Tail-water
·noun Water in a tailrace.
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Vichy water
·- A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, cal...
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Water adder
·- The water moccasin.
II. Water adder ·- The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus s...
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Water agrimony
·- A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.
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Water aloe
·- ·see Water soldier.
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Water antelope
·- ·see Water buck.
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Water arum
·- An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate...
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Water back
·- ·see under 1st Back.
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Water bailiff
·- An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
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Water ballast
·- Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
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Water barometer
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Water bath
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Water battery
·- A battery nearly on a level with the water.
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Water bear
·- Any species of Tardigrada, 2. ·see ·Illust. of Tardigrada.
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Water bed
·- A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used ...
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Water beech
·- The American hornbeam. ·see <<Hornbeam>>.
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Water beetle
·- Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the fam...
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Water bellows
·- ·same·as <<Tromp>>.
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Water bird
·- Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
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Water blackbird
·- The European water ousel, or dipper.
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Water boatman
·- A boat bug.
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Water brain
·- A disease of sheep; gid.
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Water brash
·- ·see under <<Brash>>.
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Water breather
·- Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.
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Water bridge
·- ·see Water table.
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Water buck
·- A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks o...
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Water buffalo
·- The European buffalo.
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Water bug
·- The Croton bug.
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Water butt
·- A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.
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Water caltrop
·- The water chestnut.
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Water can
·- Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily;
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Water canker
·- ·see <<Canker>>, ·noun, 1.
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Water carriage
·- A vessel or boat.
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Water cart
·- A cart carrying water; ·esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, ·e...
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Water cavy
·- The <<Capybara>>.
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Water celery
·- A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places;
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Water cell
·- A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is sto...
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Water cement
·- Hydraulic cement.
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Water chestnut
·- The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruit...
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Water chevrotain
·- A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs th...
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Water chicken
·- The common American gallinule.
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Water chickweed
·- A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.
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Water chinquapin
·- The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. ·cf. <<Yoncopin>>....
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Water clock
·- An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of w...
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Water cock
·- A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the b...
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Water color
·- A picture painted with such colors.
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Water course
·- A stream of water; a river or brook.
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Water craft
·- Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.
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Water crake
·- The <<Dipper>>.
II. Water crake ·- The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.
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Water crane
·- A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotiv...
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Water cress
·- A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring w...
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Water crow
·- The European coot.
II. Water crow ·- The <<Dipper>>.
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Water crowfoot
·- An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England....
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Water cure
·- A hydropathic institution.
II. Water cure ·- <<Hydropathy>>.
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Water deck
·- A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.
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Water deer
·- The water chevrotain.
II. Water deer ·- A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes ar...
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Water deerlet
·- ·see Water chevrotain.
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Water devil
·- The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. ·...
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Water dock
·- A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the Euro...
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White-water
·noun A dangerous disease of sheep.
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