Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Water cell

Wa″ter cell′ (?). A cell containing water; specifically (Zoöl.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.

542

Water cement

Wa″ter ce‐ment″ (?). Hydraulic cement.

543

Water chestnut

Wa″ter chest″nut (?). (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, t...

544

Water chevrotain

Wa″ter chev′ro‐tain″ (?). (Zoöl.) A large West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water ...

545

Water chicken

Wa″ter chick″en (?). (Zoöl.) The common American gallinule.

546

Water chickweed

Wa″ter chick″weed′ (?). (Bot.) A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.

547

Water chinquapin

Wa″ter chin″qua‐pin (?). (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

548

Water clock

Wa″ter clock′ (?). An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.

549

Water cock

Wa″ter cock′ (?). (Zoöl.) A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red ...

550

Water color

Wa″ter col′or (?). (Paint.) 1. A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; — so called in distinction from oil color.☞ It...

551

Water course

Wa″ter course′ (?). 1. A stream of water; a river or brook. Isa. xliv. 4.2. A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands....

552

Water craft

Wa″ter craft′ (?). Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.

553

Water crake

Wa″ter crake′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper. (b) The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake. (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.

554

Water crane

Wa″ter crane′ (?). A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.

555

Water cress

Wa″ter cress′ (?). (Bot.) A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and a...

556

Water crow

Wa″ter crow′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper. (b) The European coot.

557

Water crowfoot

Wa″ter crow″foot′ (?). (Bot.) An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.Great water crowfoot, an American water plant (Ran...

558

Water cure

Wa″ter cure′ (?). 1. (Med.) Hydropathy.2. A hydropathic institution.

559

Water deck

Wa″ter deck′ (?). A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. Wilhelm.

560

Water deer

Wa″ter deer′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks. (b) The water chev...

561

Water deerlet

Wa″ter deer″let (?). See Water chevrotain.

562

Water devil

Wa″ter dev″il (?). (Zoöl.) The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.

563

Water dock

Wa″ter dock′ (?). (Bot.) A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.

564

Water doctor

Wa″ter doc″tor (?). (Med.) (a) One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. (b) A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.

565

Water dog

Wa″ter dog′ (?). 1. (Zoöl.) A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained.2. (Zoöl.) The men...

566

Water drain

Wa″ter drain′ (?). A drain or channel for draining off water.

567

Water drainage

Wa″ter drain″age (?; 48). The draining off of water.