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Cock
·noun A small boat.
II. Cock ·noun A faucet or valve.
III. Cock ·noun The indicator of a balance.
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The Cock
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cock, or chief cock of the walk
The leading man in any society or body; the best boxer in a village or district.
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cock
That curved arm affixed to the lock of small arms, which, when released by the touch of the trigger,...
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Cock
(Matthew 26:34; Mark 13:35; 14:30) etc. The domestic cock and hen were early known to the ancient Gr...
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The Cock, Cock Alley
The sign of the Cocke in Woodstreate and the alley called "Cocke Alley," 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P....
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Water
·vi To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
II. Water ·noun Any liquid secret...
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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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Air cock
·- A faucet to allow escape of air.
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Cock-brained
·adj Giddy; rash.
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Cock-padle
·noun ·see <<Lumpfish>>.
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Dandy-cock
·noun ·f ·Alt. of Dandy-hen.
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Grease cock
·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Cup>>.
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Sea cock
·- The black-bellied plover.
II. Sea cock ·- A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
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Try cock
·add. ·- A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing.
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Cock-crowing
In our Lord's time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches,...
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Cock Alehouse
Adjoining the Church of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 123).
Demolished ...
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Cock Alley
1) On the north side of Ludgate Street, a passage to Amen Corner and other places (O. and M. 1677-Bo...
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Cock Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill at No. 19, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831).
A pa...
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Cock Hill
South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...
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Cock Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 51, opposite Creechurch Lane (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not n...
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Cock Lane
1) East out of Snow Hill, at No. 9, to Giltspur Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
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Cock Yard
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
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bully cock
One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling.
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cock ale
A provocative drink.
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cock alley
The private parts of a woman.
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cock lane
The private parts of a woman.
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cock bawd
A male keeper of a bawdy-house.
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cock hoist
A cross buttock.
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cock pimp
The supposed husband of a bawd.
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cock robin
A soft, easy fellow.
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cock-sure
Certain: a metaphor borrowed front the cock of a firelock, as being much more certain to fire than t...
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shy cock
One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs.
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spatch cock
(Abbreviation of DISPATCH COCK.) A hen just killed from the roost, or yard, and immediately skinned,...
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cock-schnapper
n.
a fish; the smallest kind of Schnapper (q.v.). See also Count-fish.
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
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cock-leet
i. e. cock-light, day-break ; or sometimes the dusk of the evening. Exmoor.
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gor-cock
, GOR-HEN, grouse, according to the sex. York.
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lob-cock
a clumsy lubberly fellow. North.
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shirl-cock
a thrush. Derb.
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skiddey-cock
a water-rail. W.
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
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cock-boat
A very small boat used on rivers or near the shore. Formerly the cock was the general name of a yawl...
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cock-paddle
A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
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half-cock
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harp-cock
An old modification of the harpoon.
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lob-cock
A lubber; an old term of utter contempt.
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pet-cock
A tap, or valve on a pump.
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skiddy-cock
A west-country term for the water-rail.
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sweetening cock
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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
·- 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
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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.
II. Water bug ·- Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemip...
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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;
— called also curse...
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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 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.
III. Water crake ·- T...
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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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Water doctor
·- One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine.
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Water dog
·- The <<Menobranchus>>.
II. Water dog ·- A sailor, ·esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
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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
·- The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with wa...
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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
·- 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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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
·- ·see Water gauge.
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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
·- ·see under <<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
·- The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of ama...
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Water glass
·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
II. Water glass ·add. ·- A <<Clepsydra>>.
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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;
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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>>.
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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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Water murrain
·- A kind of murrain affecting cattle.
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Water newt
·- Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
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Water nymph
·- A water lily (Nymphaea).
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Water oat
·- Indian rice. ·see under <<Rice>>.
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Water opossum
·- ·see <<Yapock>>, and the Note under <<Opossum>>.
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Water ordeal
·- ·same·as Ordeal by water. ·see the Note under Ordeal, ·noun, 1.
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Water ousel
·- ·Alt. of Water ouzel.
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Water ouzel
·- Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), espec...
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Water parsnip
·- Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leav...
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Water parting
·add. ·- A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to different streams; a line sep...
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Water partridge
·- The ruddy duck.
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Water pennywort
·- Marsh pennywort. ·see under <<Marsh>>.
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White-water
·noun A dangerous disease of sheep.
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