Webster's Dictionary 1913

568

Water dressing

Wa″ter dress″ing (?). (Med.) The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.

569

Water dropwort

Wa″ter drop″wort′ (?). (Bot.) A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.

570

Water eagle

Wa″ter ea″gle (?). (Zoöl.) The osprey.

571

Water elder

Wa″ter el″der (?). (Bot.) The guelder-rose.

572

Water elephant

Wa″ter el″e‐phant (?). (Zoöl.) The hippopotamus.

573

Water engine

Wa″ter en″gine (?). An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.

574

Water feather

{ Wa″ter feath″er (?). Wa″ter feath″er–foil′ (?). } (Bot.) The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.

575

Water flag

Wa″ter flag′ (?). (Bot.) A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.

576

Water flannel

Wa″ter flan″nel (?). (Bot.) A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

577

Water flea

Wa″ter flea′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; — so called because they swim with sudden leap...

578

Water flounder

Wa″ter floun″der (?). (Zoöl.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).

579

Water fox

Wa″ter fox′ (?). (Zoöl.) The carp; — so called on account of its cunning. Walton.

580

Water frame

Wa″ter frame′ (?). A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

581

Water furrow

Wa″ter fur″row (?). (Agric.) A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.

582

Water gage

Wa″ter gage′ (?). See Water gauge.

583

Water gall

Wa″ter gall′ (?). 1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.These...

584

Water gang

Wa″ter gang′ (?). (O. E. Law) A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. Burrill.

585

Water gas

Wa″ter gas′ (?). (Chem.) See under Gas.

586

Water gate

Wa″ter gate′ (?). A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.

587

Water gauge

Wa″ter gauge′ (?). [Written also water gage.]1. A wall or bank to hold water back. Craig.2. An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for in...

588

Water gavel

Wa″ter gav″el (?). (O. Eng. Law) A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.

589

Water germander

Wa″ter ger‐man″der (?). (Bot.) A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.

590

Water gilding

Wa″ter gild″ing (?). The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; — ...

591

Water glass

Wa″ter glass′ (?). (Chem.) See Soluble glass, under Glass.

592

Water glass (2)

Water glass. 1. A clepsydra.2. An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow pl...

593

Water god

Wa″ter god′ (?). (Myth.) A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.

594

Water grass

Water grass. (a) A tall march perennial grass (Paspalum dilatatum) of the southern United States and the American tropics. (b) Manna grass. (c) The grass Chloris elegans. (d) (1...