Webster's Dictionary 1913

622

Water meter

Wa″ter me″ter (?). A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.

623

Water milfoil

Wa″ter mil″foil (?). (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.

624

Water mill

Wa″ter mill′ (?). A mill whose machinery is moved by water; — distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.

625

Water mint

Wa″ter mint′ (?). A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.

626

Water mite

Wa″ter mite′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidæ, usually having the legs fringed and adapte...

627

Water moccasin

Wa″ter moc″ca‐sin (?). (Zoöl.) A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds...

628

Water mole

Wa″ter mole′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The shrew mole. See under Shrew. (b) The duck mole. See under Duck.

629

Water monitor

Wa″ter mon″i‐tor (?). (Zoöl.) A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. ...

630

Water monkey

Water monkey. A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.

631

Water motor

Wa″ter mo″tor (?). 1. A water engine.2. A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.

632

Water mouse

Wa″ter mouse′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partia...

633

Water murrain

Wa″ter mur″rain (?). A kind of murrain affecting cattle. Crabb.

634

Water newt

Wa″ter newt′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.

635

Water nymph

Wa″ter nymph′ (?). 1. (Myth.) A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.2. (Bot.) A water lily (Nymphæa).

636

Water oat

Wa″ter oat′ (?). Indian rice. See under Rice.

637

Water opossum

Wa″ter o‐pos″sum (?). (Zoöl.) See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.

638

Water ordeal

Wa″ter or″de‐al (?). Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.

639

Water ousel

{ Wa″ter ou″sel (?), Wa″ter ou″zel }. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C....

640

Water parsnip

Wa″ter pars″nip (?). (Bot.) Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.

641

Water parting

Water parting. (Phys. Geog.) A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to different streams; a line separating the drainage districts of two streams or coasts; ...

642

Water partridge

Wa″ter par″tridge (?). (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.

643

Water pennywort

Wa″ter pen″ny‐wort′ (?). (Bot.) Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.

644

Water pepper

Wa″ter pep″per (?). (Bot.) (a) Smartweed. (b) Waterwort.

645

Water pheasant

Wa″ter pheas″ant (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The pintail. See Pintail, n., 1. (b) The goosander. (c) The hooded merganser.

646

Water piet

Wa″ter pi″et (?). (Zoöl.) The water ousel.

647

Water pig

Wa″ter pig′ (?). 1. (Zoöl.) The capybara.2. (Zoöl.) The gourami.

648

Water pillar

Wa″ter pil″lar (?). A waterspout.