water 
His eyes would have watered with a true feeling over 
the sale of a widow's furniture. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i. 12. 
2. To gather saliva as a symptom of appetite : 
said of the mouth or teeth, ami in figurative 
use noting vehement desire or craving. 
In theyr raindes they conceaued a hope of a daintie ban- 
quet, And, espying their enemies a farre of, beganne to 
swalowe theyr spettle as their niouthes watered for greed- 
ines of theyr pray. 
Peter Martyr (tr. in Edeu's First Books on America, ed. 
[Arber, p. 181). 
Oh, my little green gooseberry, my teeth waters at ye ! 
Farquhar, Love and a Bottle, v. 1. 
The dog's mouth waters only at the sight of food, but 
the goanuand's mouth will also water at the thought of 
it J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX. 67. 
3. To get or take in water: as, the ship put 
into port to water ; specifically, to drink water. 
We watered at the Canaries, we traded with the Salvages 
at Dominica. Quoted in Capt. John Smith'ti Works, 1. 150. 
Were I a poet, by Hippocrene I swear(wliich was a cer- 
tain well wnere all the Muses watered), etc. 
Dekker and Webster, Westward Ho, ii. 1. 
A Mischance befel the Horse, which lamed him as he 
went a watering to the Seine. Ilowell, Letters, I. i. 17. 
water-adder (wa'ter-ad'er), )). An aquatic 
• serpent like, or mistaken for, an adder, (a) The 
water-moccasin, a venomous snake. See vwccaMn'^ (with 
cut> [U. S.J <6) The commonest water-snake of the 
United States, Tropidmiotus (oftener Neradia) sipedon. 
This is a large, stout serpent, roughened with keeled 
scales, and somewhat spotted or blotched, like an adder, 
especially when young. It bites quite hard in self-de- 
fense when attacked, but is not poisonous. [U. S.) 
waterage (wa'ter-aj), H. [< water + -age.'] 
Money paid for transportation by water. 
water-agrimony (wa'ter-ag'ri-mo-ni), n. An 
old name of the bur-marigold, Bklens tripartita 
or B. rertiita. 
water-aloe (w4't^r-al'6), «. Same as water-sol- 
dier. 
water-analysis (wa'ter-a-nal"i-sis), n. In 
clitiii., the analysis of waters, either to deter- 
mine their potable quality, or fitness for use in 
boilers or otherwise in the arts. 
water-anchor (wa'ter-ang'kor), «. A sail dis- 
tended by spars and thrown overboard to hold 
a vessel's head to the wind and retard her 
drifting; a drag-anchor. Also called sea-an- 
chor. 
water-antelope (wa'ter-an"tc-16p), «. One of 
numerous different African antelopes, as of 
the genera Ekotraiins, Kohiis, and some others, 
which frequent marshy or reedy [daces ; a reed- 
buck; a water-buck. See cuts under «m/"'' and 
sin(i-sin<i. 
water-apple (wa'ter-ap'l), «. The custard- 
a])ple, .'iniina reticulata. 
water-arum (wa'ter-a'rum), H. See ('alia, 1. 
water-ash (wa'ttr-ash), «. 1. A small tree, 
fraxiiiiw platj/carpa, without special value, 
found in deep river-swami>s from Virginia to 
Texas and in the West Inilies. — 2. The black 
hoop- or ground-ash, Fraximis sainhiicifotia, of 
wet grounds in the eastern half of North Amer- 
ica. Its tough pliable dark-brown wood is largely used 
for Interior finish and cubinut-wurk, for making hoops and 
b&skets, etc. 
water-avens (wa'ter-av"enz), 11. A plant, 
(ieain riralc, found in wet meadows northward 
in both hemispheres. It grows some 2 feet high, and 
is noticeable for its nodding flowers (large for the genus), 
with purplish-orange jMjtals, and, in fruit, for its feathery 
styles and persistent purple calyx. Also fmrjile aeens, 
water-back (wa'ter-bak), H. 1. An iron cham- 
ber or reservoir or a combination of pipes, at 
the back of a cooking-range or other fireplace, 
to utilize the heat of the firo in providing a 
supply of hot water. — 2. In hrcicint/, a cistern 
which holds the water used for mashing. 
water-bag (wa't;T-bag), ». l. The reticulum 
of the stomach of the camel and other Camcli- 
die, corresponding to the honeycomb tripe of 
ordinary ruminants. — 2. In licr., a bearing 
representing a vessel for holding water, usu- 
ally drawn as if a leather bucket. It differs 
from icater-tioiii/ct, or howjct, in retaining the 
form of the actual vessel. 
water-bailaget (wii'ter-ba'lag), II. Bailage 
upon goods transported by water. See bailage. 
Water-lKiyUnji', a tax demanded upon all goods by the 
City, iiniKjrteti and exported. 
I'ein/K, Diary, Jan. 20, l«)8-9. (Davies.) 
water-bailiff (wa'ter-ba"lif), »i. 1. A custom- 
house officer in a port town whose duty is to 
itearch ships. 
Out of patience with the wlude trilje of custom-house 
eltortioners, Ixjatmcn, tide-waiters, and water-liaili/s, that 
beset me on all aides, worse than a swarm of nuisquetoes, 
I proceeded a little tiw roughly to brush them away with 
my rattan. Cuutlierlnnd, West Indian, i. 5. 
6839 
2. A former officer of the London corporation 
who saw to the observance of the statutes and 
by-laws applicable to the river Thames. — 3. 
See water-liailiff, under bailiff. 
water-balance (wa'ter-bal"ans), n. An old 
form of water-raising apparatus, consisting of 
a series of troughs one above another, sup- 
ported in a hanging frame, and oscillating like 
a pendulum. As the frame swings, the water dipped 
by the lowest trough runs into that next above, and in the 
return motion it is emptied in turn from that into the 
next above again, and so on. E. II. Knig/it. 
water-bar (wa'ter-bar). It. A ridge crossing a 
hill or mountain road, and leading aside water 
flowing down the road. 
They . . . were descending, with careful reining in and 
bearing back, the steep, long plunges — for these moun- 
tain roads are like cataract beds, and travellers are like 
the falling water — where the only break and safety were 
the water-bars, humping up across the way at frequent 
intervals. Mrs. Wtiitney, Odd or Even? xiii. 
water-barometer (wa'ter-ba-rom"e-ter), H. A 
barometer in which water is substituted for 
mercury. See barometer. 
If a long pipe, closed at one end only, were emptied of 
air, filled with water, the open end kept in water, and 
the pipe held upright, the water would rise in it nearly 
twenty-eight feet. In this way water barometers have 
been made. Fitz Roy, Weather Book, p. 12. 
water-barrel (wa'ter-bar"el), «. 1. A water- 
cask. — 2. In mining, a large wrought-iron bar- 
rel with a self-acting valve in the bottom, used 
in drawing water where there are no pumps. 
[South Staffordshire, Eng.] 
water-barrow (wa'ter-bar"o), H. A two- 
wheeled barrow carrying a tank, often swung 
on trunnions, used by gardeners and others; a 
water-barrel. IC. H. Knight. 
water-basil (wa'ter-baz"i]), n. In gem-cutting, 
a uniform bevel cut aroimd the top of a stone, 
after the grinding of the upper flat table. 
water-bath (wa'ter-bath), n. 1. A bath com- 
posed of water, in contradistinction to a vapor- 
bath. — 2. In chein., a vessel containing water 
which is heated to a certain temperature, over 
water-boatman 
Water baths of various forms (A, B, C), with adjustable rin^js [,r, 
i, CI, to receive vessels of different sizes. B and C are arraiiyed to 
have a eotistant water-supply. 
which chemical preparations or solutions are 
placed in suitable vessels to be digested, evapo- 
rated, or dried at the given temperature. — 3. 
Same as bain-marie. 
water-battery (vva't(r-bat"er-i), H. 1. In elect. 
See battery. — 2. In fort., a battery nearly on 
a level with tlie water. 
water-beadlet (wa'ter-be"dl), «. A water- 
bailiff (?). 
In the year 17(K) one S. Smith, who is described as 
water-beadle, of St. Mary Magdalen, Bemiondsey, left a 
legacy to bis nephew, Matthew Smith, of this parish. 
X. and Q., 7th ser., VIII. 487. 
water-bean (wa'ter-ben), «. A plant of the 
genus Xelnmbo. 
water -bear (wa'ter-bar), n. A bear-animalcule. 
See Macrohiotidie, Arctisca, and Tardigrada. 
water-bearer (wri'ter-bar"er). «. [< ME. watyr 
berarc = Sw. ratlenbdrara = Dan. vandbarer; < 
water -h bearer.'] 1. One who carries water; 
specifically, one whose business is the convey- 
ing of water from a spring, well, river, etc., to 
purchasers or consumers. 
Yf there be neuer a wyse man, make a teal ir -bearer, a 
tinker, a cobler, . . . comptroller of the mynte. 
Latimer, Sermon on the Plough. 
2. [cap.] In astroii., a sign of the zodiac. See 
.-li/iitirins. 
water-bearing (wa'ter-bar"ing), H. A journal- 
box having in the lower part a groove com- 
municating with a pipe through which water 
under heavy pressure is admitted beneath the 
journal, which it raises slightly from its bear- 
ings. As the journal revolves, the water flows in an ex- 
ceedingly thin film or sheet between it and the bearings, 
forming a very eflicient lubricant. See cut in next column. 
Also ciiUt:il palier-i/lissant and tiydraulie pivot, 
water-bed (wa'ter-bed), «. A large india-rub- 
ber mattress filled with water, on which a very 
sick person, or one who is bedridilen, is some- 
times i)laced, to avoid the production of bed- 
sores. Also called hi/droxtatic bed. 
water-beech (wa'ter-iiecli), «. 1. A small tree, 
the American hornbeam, Ciirpinii.i Caroliniana: 
80 named from its growing in wet ground, and 
Water-bearin}j. 
rt, wheel; tr, b', bearings for the shaft: r, c, hollow supports for 
bearings ; d. d' , d", pipe and branches through which water is forced 
into the hollow supports '"/yj slot through which the water passes 
into the bearings with sufficient force to supiJort completely the 
weight of <r and the shaft. 
from its resemblance, especially in its bark, 
to the beech. Also called blnc-bccch.— 2. Im- 
properly, the sycamore, or American plane-tree, 
Plntanus occidentalis, growing on low grounds, 
and having reddish wood like that of the beech. 
water-beetle (wa'ter-be"tl), n. A beetle which 
lives in the water. Such beetles belong mainly to the 
families Amphizoidse, Haliplidie, Dytiscidse, and Gyrini- 
die of the adephagous series, and the Hydrophilidx of 
the clavicorn series. The firat four are sometimes grouped 
under the name Hydradepfiaga, as distinguished from the 
Geadepliaga, or ground-beetles and tiger-beetles. K few 
other beetles are to some extent aquatic ; but the term is 
restricted to the species of the five families named. See 
these family names, and cuts under Dyii-^cus, Gyrimdx, 
Hydrohius, Hydrophilidie, and Ilybius. Compare wafer- 
tnig. 
water-bellows (wa'ter-bel"6z), n. A form of 
blower used in gas-machines, and formerly to 
supply a blast for furnaces, it consists essentially 
of an inverted vessel suspended in water, on raising which 
in the water air is drawn in through an inlet valve, while 
on lowering the vessel the air is forcetl out again through 
another valve. Such vessels are usually placed in pairs, 
and are lowered and raised alternately. The device is 
also used for supplying air to the pipes of a pneumatic 
clock-system. The central clock lifts the inverted tank, 
and, letting it fall once a minute, sends a putf of air 
through the pipes, and thus moves all the hands of the 
clocks connected with the system. 
water-bells (wa'ter-belz), n. The European 
white water-lily, Castalia speciosa {Nijmphsea 
alba). Britten and Holland. [North. Eng.] 
water-betony (wa'ter-bet"o-ni), ■«. See Scro- 
phnliiria. 
water-bird (wa'ter-berd), H. In ornith., an 
aquatic as distinguished from a terrestrial oi' 
aerial bird; in the plural, the grallatorial and 
natatorial or wading and swimming birds, col- 
lectively distinguished from land-birds. The 
term reflects an obsolete classificatitm in which birds 
were divided into three main grtuiijs, called Aves aerea^, 
Aves terrestres, and Ares aqnaticie. These divisions are 
abolished, but the English names of two of them, land-bird 
and water-bird, continue in current use because of their 
ci>nvenience. Compare icatei-foid, 2. 
water-biscuit (wa'ter-bis"kit), «. A biscuit 
or cracker luade of flour and water. 
water-blackbird (wti'ter-blak'berd), n. The 
water-ouzel, Vincliis aqiiaticu.H. See Cinelus 
and dipper, 5. [Ireland and Scotland.] 
water-blast (wa'ter -blast), «. In mining, a 
method of ventilation, in which an ajiparatus 
is employed which is the same in principle as 
the trompe of the Catalan forge. See trontpe^. 
It [the water-blast] is not nnich employed nowadays, 
and gives only a low useful effect. 
Gallon, Ixictures on Mining (tran.s.), II. 441. 
water-blebs (wa'ter-blebz), «. Pemi)higus. 
water-blink (wa'ter-blingk), n. A spot of cloud 
hanging in arctic regions over open water, the 
presence of which it serves to indicate. 
The water-blink consists of dark clouds or spots on the 
horizon, and is formed by the ascending mists which 
gather in clouds and hang over pools of water. It is 
always the herald of advance, and is eagerly looked for. 
Scldey and Soley, Rescue of Greely, p. 160. 
water-blinks (wa'ter-blingks), H. Same as 
blinking-ehickwced. 
water-blob (wa't^r-blob), n. A local name of 
the marsh-marigold, Caltlia palustris, of the 
white water-lily, Castalia .<<j>eeiosa (Xi/ntpha'a 
alba), and of the yellow water-lily, Ayinphiea 
(Xni)har) Ititea. Britten and Holland. ' [Prov. 
Eng.] 
water-blue (wa'ter-blo), 11. A coal-tar color 
used in dyeing, and similar to soluble blue. It 
is principally used for dyeing cottoti. 
water-board (wa'ter-lioril), n. A board set up 
on the edge of a boat to keej) off' sjiray, etc. 
water-boat (wA/ter-ln'it), n. A boat carrying 
water ill bulk for the siqijily of sliips. 
water-boatman (wa'ter-l)6t"iiiMii). H. 1. The 
boat-fly or boat-insect, an aquatic bug of the 
