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to take on
To grieve; to fret at a misfortune or disappointment.
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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard.
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Take
·p.p. <<Taken>>.
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take
The draught of fishes in a single drag of the net. Also, to take, in a military sense, to take or ad...
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water, to
To fill the casks or tanks; to complete water.
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to take to do
To take to task; to reprove.
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Board
·noun The side of a ship.
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board
n.
term used by shearers. See quotation.
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board
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On
·prep <<Of>>.
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On
pain; force; iniquity
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on
prep.
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on
to be a little on is to be tipsy. Derb.
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on
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carry on, to
To spread all sail; also, beyond discretion, or at all hazards. In galley-slang, to joke a person ev...
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crack on, to
to carry all sail.
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board and board
Alongside, as when two ships touch each other.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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make water, to
Usually signifies the act of a ship leaking, unless the epithet foul be added. (See foul water.)
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tread water, to
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Take-in
·noun Imposition; fraud.
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Take-off
·noun An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
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·noun That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the...
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take (a man) down
Australian sporting slang.
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take-up
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·vi To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
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water
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Plug board
·add. ·- A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.
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·noun A sounding-board.
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Sounding-board
·noun ·see Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc.
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penance board
The pillory.
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above-board
In open sight; without artifice, or trick. "A figurative expression," says Johnson, "borrowed from g...
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above-board
Over the deck; a term used for open fair dealing, without artifice or trick.
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arch-board
The part of the stern over the counter, immediately under the knuckles of the stern-timbers.
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back-board
A board across the stern sheets of a boat to support the back of passengers; and also to form the bo...
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bevelling-board
A piece of board on which the bevellings or angles of the timbers are described.
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board him
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet,
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clap-board
[German, klapp-bord].
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covering-board
See plank-sheer.
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flashing-board
To raise or set off.
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foot-board
The same as gang-board, but not so sailor-like. (See stretchers.)
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free-board
See plank-sheer.
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gang-board
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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board.
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letter-board
Another term for name-board (which see).
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log-board
Two boards shutting together like a book, and divided into several columns, in which to record, thro...
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medical board
A number of medical officers convened to examine sick and wounded officers and men, for invaliding o...
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name-board
The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted.
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navy board
The commissioners of the navy collectively considered, but long since abolished.
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out-board
The outside of the ship: the reverse of in-board.
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pointer-board
A simple contrivance for duly training a ship's guns.
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sea-board
The line along which the land and water meet, indicating the limit common to both.
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serving-board
A flattened piece of hard wood with a handle, for passing service on the smaller ropes.
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stern-board
This term is familiarly known to seamen as tacking by misadventure in stays; or purposely, as a seam...
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traverse-board
A thin circular piece of board, marked with all the points of the compass, and having eight holes bo...
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wash-board
, or wash-strake.
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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward.
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within-board
Inside a ship.
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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Ca-on
·noun A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
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·noun One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to o...
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Hangers-on
·pl of Hanger-on.
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On dit
·- They say, or it is said.
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·noun A hanger-on.
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·noun A looker-on.
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·adj Looking on or forward.
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Pi-on
·noun ·see Monkey's puzzle.
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Slip-on
·noun A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
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hanger on
A dependant.
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try on
To endeavour. To live by thieving. Coves who try it on; professed thieves.
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to carry on
To riot; to frolic.
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to hold on
To wait; stop. 'Hold on a minute;' originally a sea phrase.
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to let on
To mention; to disclose; to betray a knowledge or consciousness of anything. 'He never let on,' i. e...
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to light on
To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find.--Webster.
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to tell on
To tell of; to tell about.
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goings on
Behavior; actions; conduct. Used by us as in England mostly in a bad sense. See Carryings on.
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hanger-on
A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.--Johnson.
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on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
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leck-on
pour on more liquor. N. Perhaps from LEEK. N.
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lite on
to* lite on, to rely on. N.
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minnin-on
a forenoon luncheon. York.
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think on
think of it ; as, I will if I think on.
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broadside-on
The whole side of a vessel; the opposite of end-on.
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clap on!
The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it.
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end-on
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holding-on
The act of pulling back the hind part of any rope.
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hold on
keep all you have got in pulling a rope.
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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set on!
The order to set the engine going on board a steamer.
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shutting on
Joining the arms of an anchor to its shank. Also, welding one piece of iron to another to lengthen i...
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tail on
, or tally on
The order to clap on to a rope.
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take order for
to provide for or against any thing. North.
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touch-and-take
An old proverb which Nelson applied to a ship about to encounter her opponent. A Nelsonian maxim.
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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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board of trade
A committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of commercial matters.
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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board.
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local marine-board
See marine boards.
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to carry a horse to water
instead of lead or ride him to water. A Southern expression.--Sherwood, Georgia.
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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>>.
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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
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Water adder
·- The water moccasin.
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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
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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
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Water beech
·- The American hornbeam. ·see <<Hornbeam>>.
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Water beetle
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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
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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
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Water cement
·- Hydraulic cement.
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Water chestnut
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Water chevrotain
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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 clock
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Water cock
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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>>.
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Water crane
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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.
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Water crowfoot
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Water cure
·- A hydropathic institution.
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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.
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Water deerlet
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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
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Water doctor
·- One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine.
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Water dog
·- The <<Menobranchus>>.
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Water drain
·- A drain or channel for draining off water.
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Water drainage
·- The draining off of water.
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Water dressing
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Water dropwort
·- A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely d...
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Water eagle
·- The <<Osprey>>.
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Water elder
·- The guelder-rose.
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Water elephant
·- The <<Hippopotamus>>.
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Water engine
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Water feather
·- ·Alt. of Water feather-foil.
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Water flag
·- A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
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Water flannel
·- A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladop...
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Water flea
·- Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphni...
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Water flounder
·- The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).
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Water fox
·- The carp;
— so called on account of its cunning.
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White-water
·noun A dangerous disease of sheep.
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