Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Water ballast

Wa″ter bal″last (?). (Naut.) Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.

515

Water barometer

Wa″ter ba‐rom″e‐ter (?). (Physics) A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a co...

516

Water bath

Wa″ter bath′ (?). A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can b...

517

Water battery

Wa″ter bat″ter‐y (?). 1. (Elec.) A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.2. (Mil.) A battery nearly on a level with the water.

518

Water bear

Wa″ter bear′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.

519

Water bed

Wa″ter bed′ (?). A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.

520

Water beech

Wa″ter beech′ (?). (Bot.) The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.

521

Water beetle

Wa″ter bee″tle (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidæ, and to various genera of the family H...

522

Water bellows

Wa″ter bel″lows (?). Same as Tromp.

523

Water bird

Wa″ter bird′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.

524

Water blackbird

Wa″ter black″‐bird (?). (Zoöl.) The European water ousel, or dipper.

525

Water boatman

Wa″ter boat′man (?). (Zoöl.) A boat bug.

526

Water brain

Wa″ter brain′ (?). A disease of sheep; gid.

527

Water brash

Wa″ter brash′ (?). (Med.) See under Brash.

528

Water breather

Wa″ter breath″er (?). (Zoöl.) Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.

529

Water bridge

Wa″ter bridge′ (?). (Steam Boilers) See Water table.

530

Water buck

Wa″ter buck′ (?). (Zoöl.) A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring ar...

531

Water buffalo

Wa″ter buf″fa‐lo (?). (Zoöl.) The European buffalo.

532

Water bug

Wa″ter bug′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The Croton bug. (b) Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other...

533

Water butt

Wa″ter butt′ (?). A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens.

534

Water caltrop

Wa″ter cal″trop (?). (Bot.) The water chestnut.

535

Water can

Wa″ter can′ (?). (Bot.) Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; — so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock. Dr. Prior.

536

Water canker

Wa″ter can″ker (?). (Med.) See Canker, n., 1.

537

Water carriage

Wa″ter car″riage (?). 1. Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.2. A vessel or boat. Arbuthnot.

538

Water cart

Wa″ter cart′ (?). A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.

539

Water cavy

Wa″ter ca″vy (?). (Zoöl.) The capybara.

540

Water celery

Wa″ter cel″er‐y (?). (Bot.) A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; — called also cursed crowfoot.