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Tail
·noun ·see <<Tailing>>, ·noun, 5.
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tail
A prostitute. Also, a sword.
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tail
v. tr.
to herd and tend sheep or cattle:lit. to follow close behind the tail.
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tail
A rope spliced into the strop or round of any block, leaving a long end for making fast to rigging, ...
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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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Boat-tail
·noun A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
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Box tail
·add. ·- In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
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Cat's-tail
·noun ·see <<Timothy>>, Cat-tail, <<Cirrus>>.
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Cat-tail
·noun A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having i...
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Cross-tail
·noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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Daggle-tail
·noun A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
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Drabble-tail
·noun A draggle-tail; a slattern.
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Draggle-tail
·noun A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
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Dragon's tail
·- ·see Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, ·etc., under <<Dragon>>.
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Fish-tail
·adj Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
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Hare's-tail
·noun A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). ·see Cotton grass, under <<Cotton>>.
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Lion's tail
·- A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus);
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Lizard's tail
·- A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flower...
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Mare's-tail
·noun An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
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Racket-tail
·noun Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail fea...
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Rat-tail
·noun Any fish of the genus Macrurus. ·see <<Grenadier>>, 2.
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Split-tail
·noun The pintail duck.
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Tail-bay
·noun The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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Teeter-tail
·noun The spotted sandpiper. ·see the Note under <<Sandpiper>>.
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Triple-tail
·noun An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common ...
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bob tail
A lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail; also an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag, and bob...
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dove-tail
A species of regular answer, which fits into the subject, like the contrivance whence it takes its n...
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plug tail
A man's penis.
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swish tail
A pheasant; so called by the persons who sell game for the poachers.
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tickle tail
A rod, or schoolmaster. A man's penis.
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brown-tail
n.
bird-name for the TasmanianTit. See Tit.
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cat's tail
n.
See wonga.
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jolly-tail
n.
a Tasmanian name for the largervariety of the fish Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, andother species...
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ring-tail
or Ring-tailed Opossum
n.
See pseudochirus and opossum.
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silver-tail
n.
a bush term for a «swell» :a man who goes to the manager's house, not to the men's hut.See Hut.
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whip-tail
n.
1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation.
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yellow-tail
n.
The name is given in Victoriato the fish Caranx trachurus, Cuv. and Val.; the Horse-Mackerel (q....
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club-tail
(Genus alosa.) The common shad, the fatter portion of which have the tail swollen, and on the coast ...
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swingle-tail
(Genus, carcharias. Cuvier.) The popular name for the Thresher Shark, from the use it makes of its l...
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tail-race
The water course leading from a mill after it has passed the water-wheel.
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cawsie-tail
a dunce. N. Rather CAWFE-TAIL, i. e. calf-tail. Lane.
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tail-ends
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cat's-tail
The inner part of the cat-head, that fays down upon the cat-beam.
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cross-tail
In a steam-engine, is of the same form as the cylinder cross-head: it has iron straps catching the p...
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culver-tail
The fastenings of a ship's carlings into the beams.
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dog's tail
A name for the constellation Ursa Minor or Little Bear.
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dove-tail
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monkey-tail
A lever for training a carronade.
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pig-tail
The common twisted tobacco for chewing.
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pin-tail
The Anas acuta, a species of duck with a long pointed tail. Also, in artillery, the iron pin on the ...
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rat's-tail
The tapering end of a rope. Also, the round tapered file for enlarging holes in metal.
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ring-tail
A kind of studding-sail hoisted beyond the after edge of those sails which are extended by a gaff an...
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swallow's tail
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tail-block
A rope-stropped block, having an end of rope attached to it as a tail, by which it may be fastened t...
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tail on
, or tally on
The order to clap on to a rope.
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tail-race
The water which leaves the paddles of a steam-boat. Also, the water-course of a mill beyond the wate...
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tail-tackle
A luff-tackle purchase, with a hook in the end of the single block, and a tail to the upper end of t...
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tail up
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tail-valve
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yellow-tail
A well-known tropical fish, often in company with whip-rays; it is about 4 feet long, with a great h...
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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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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.
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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
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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>>.
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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.
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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.
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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
·- A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the Euro...
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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
·- An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishi...
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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
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Water flounder
·- The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).
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Water fox
·- The carp;
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Water frame
·- A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
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Water furrow
·- A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
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Water gage
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Water gall
·- A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
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Water gang
·- A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
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Water gas
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Water gate
·- A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
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Water gauge
·- A wall or bank to hold water back.
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Water gavel
·- A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
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Water germander
·- A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
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Water gilding
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Water glass
·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
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Water god
·- A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.
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Water grass
·add. ·- Manna grass.
II. Water grass ·add. ·- Velvet grass.
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Water gruel
·- A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boil...
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Water hammer
·- A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel contai...
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Water hare
·- A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the Uni...
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Water hemlock
·- A poisonous plant (/nanthe crocata) resembling the above.
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Water hemp
·- ·see under <<Hemp>>.
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Water hen
·- Any gallinule.
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Water hog
·- The <<Capybara>>.
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Water horehound
·- <<Bugleweed>>.
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Water hyacinth
·- Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
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Water inch
·- ·same·as Inch of water, under <<Water>>.
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Water joint
·- A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of...
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Water junket
·- The common sandpiper.
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Water laverock
·- The common sandpiper.
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Water leg
·- ·see <<Leg>>, 7.
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Water lemon
·- The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis);
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Water lettuce
·- A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge...
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Water level
·- The level formed by the surface of still water.
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Water lily
·- A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating lea...
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Water lime
·- Hydraulic lime.
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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 lizard
·- Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. ·see <<Monitor>>, ·noun, 3.
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Water locust
·- A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi va...
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Water meadow
·- A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being over...
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Water measure
·- A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, ·etc. The water-measure...
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Water measurer
·- Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. ·see <<Skater>>, ·noun, 2.
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Water meter
·- A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a st...
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Water milfoil
·- Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnat...
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Water mill
·- A mill whose machinery is moved by water;
— distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
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Water mint
·- A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling...
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Water mite
·- Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family H...
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Water moccasin
·- A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute ...
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Water mole
·- The duck mole. ·see under <<Duck>>.
II. Water mole ·- The shrew mole. ·see under <<Shrew>>.
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Water monitor
·- A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and ...
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Water monkey
·add. ·- A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
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Water motor
·- A water engine.
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Water mouse
·- Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasma...
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White-water
·noun A dangerous disease of sheep.
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