Back -swimming Water-boatman 
{Notonecta unctuliita), dorsal view, 
three times natural size. 
water-boatman 
family Xotonectidse : so called because these 
insects move in the water like a boat propelled 
by oars. They are more 
fully called baek-sinm- 
miiig icater-boat men^ 
and also back-suimmers, 
because they row them- 
selves about on their 
backs with their long 
feathered oar-like legs. 
Some species are very 
common in ponds and 
brooks in the United 
States, and are often put 
in aquariums to exhibit 
their silvery colors and 
curious actions. N. un- 
dutata is a characteris- 
tic example, 
2. An aquatic bug 
of the family Cori- 
sidse. All the North 
American species 
belong to the genus 
Corisa, as C. undu- 
lata. 
water-borne (wa'- 
t^r-born), a. Borne 
or conveyed by water ; carried iu a boat or ves 
sel; floated. 
Thus merchandise might be waterlxyrne- from the chan- 
nel to the Mediterranean, 
Motley, Hist. Netherlands, IV. 147. 
The stone of which it [bridge from the Strand to the 
opposite shore of the Thames] was constructed, beiny: 
water-b&me, had to pay tliis tax. 
S. Dowell, Taxes in England, IV. 394. 
Water-borne goods, goods carried on shipboard. 
water-bottle (wa'ter-bot'l), )i. A bottle made 
of glass, skin, rubber, or other material, and 
designed for holding water. 
water-bouget (w!i'ter-bo"jet), u. In her., same 
as bimget, 2. 
water-bound (wa'ter-bound), a. Impeded, 
hindered, or lieramed in by water, as in case of 
a flood, heavy rains, etc. 
Wliile water-bound, it [a foraging party] was attacked 
by guerrillas. New York Tribune, April 30, 1802. 
water-box (wa'ter-boks), 1I. A bottom or side 
of a furnace consisting of a compartment of 
iron kept filled with water. It serves to pre- 
vent tlie burning out of the iron. 
water-brain (wa'ter-bran), n. Gid or staggers 
of slicep, caused by the brain-worm. 
water-brain fever. Jleningitis ; acute hydro- 
ceplialus. 
water-brash (wa'ter-brash), n. Same as }>y- 
rosix. 
water-braxy (wa'ter-brak"si), «. A disease of 
sheep in which there is hemorrhage into the 
peritoneal cavity. See hraxy. 
water-break (wa't6r-brak), «. A wavelet or 
ripple. [Rare.] 
Many a silvery water-break 
Above the golden gravel. 
Tennyson, The Brook. 
water-breather (wa'ter-bre" frier), n. Any 
brancliiate wliich breathes water by means of 
gills. 
water-bridge (wa'ter-brij), n. A fire-bridge 
which also forms part of the water-space of a 
boiler. If dependent from the boiler, it is called a hang- 
ing bridge ; if it has flue-space above and below, it is a 
midfeather. Also called water-table. 
water-brose (wa'ter-broz), «. Brose made of 
meal and water only. [Scotch.] 
I'll sit down o'er my scanty mejil, 
lie 't water-brose or niuslin-kail, 
Wi' cheerfu' face. Bums, To James Smith. 
water-buck (wa'ter-buk), n. A water-ante- 
lope, especially a kob, as Kohus clUpsiprymniis, 
which abounds in some African lowlands, as 
in Nyassa-land. Another water-buck is Ccrri- 
ciipra reduiicii. See ko}}, and cuts under sing- 
sing and tiagnr. 
Among the ruminants is the dangerous buffalo (Bubalus 
caffer), the never-to-be sufficiently-admired giraffe, . . . 
the gnu, the pallali, the water-b^iek (Cobus). 
Fortniijhtly Rei>., N. S., XLIII. 472. 
wa'ter-buckler (wa'ter-buk"ler), n. Same as 
w(itcr-nhii:ld. 
water-budget (wa'ter-buj''et), 11. In her., same 
as liimget, 2. Also calh'd dosser. 
wa'ter-buffalo (wa'ter-l>iif"a-16), II. See wdter- 
CDW. 
water-bug (wa'ter-bug), ?(. 1. Any true bug of 
the heteropterous section Hi/drocorisx or (>///<- 
tocerata, including tliose which live beneath 
the surface of the water, and belong to tlie 
families Corisidie, Notoiiertidie, Sejiidie. Iii4iist(i- 
iniilie, and Xaiicoridie. See tliese words, and 
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water-colored 
cuts under Belostoina and Kanatra.— 2. Any water-caiTy (wa'ter-ka'vi), n. The capibara- 
one of certain true bugs of the heteropterous water-celery (wa'ter-sel''e-ri),n. l.Thecursed 
section Aurocorisa, 
including those 
which live mainly 
on the surface of 
the water, and 
which belong to 
the families By- 
drobatidee, Veliidee, 
Limiwbatidee, Sal- 
didse, and Hydro- 
metridte. See these 
words. — 3. The 
croton-bug or Ger- 
man cockroach, 
Blatta (Fhyllodro- 
mia) germanica : so 
called from its 
preference for wa- 
ter-pipes and moist 
places in houses. 
See cuts under cro- 
ton-bug and Blattidse. 
ber of the Belostirmidse. 
water-butt (wa'ter-but), n 
Water-bug ^Limnobatts lineata), alwiit 
three times natural size. 
Giant water-bug, any mem- 
crowfoot, Hminnculus sceleratus, of temperate 
Europe, Asia, and North America. It has a thick 
hollow stem a foot or two high, tlie lower leaves stalked 
and three-lobed, the petals small, and the carpels very 
numerous. The juice is very acrid, and is used by beg- 
gars to produce sores ; but the plant is in some places eat- 
en after boiling. 
2. See Vallisiieria. 
wa'ter-cell (wa'ter-sel), n. 1. One of several 
diverticula of the paunch of the camel, serving 
to store up water. See water-bag, 1. 
These, the so-called water-cells, serve to strain off from 
the contents of the paunch, and to retain in store, a con- 
siderable quantity of water. Huxley, Anat Vert., p. 328. 
2. A voltaic cell in which the liquid is pure 
water. 
water-centiped (wa't6r-sen''ti-ped),«. The dob- 
son or hellgi'ammite. See cut under sprawler. 
[U. S.] 
water-charger (wa't6r-char''j6r), II. A device 
for filling the water-passages of a pump, so that 
it may act promptly when started. 
water-chat (wa'tfer-chat), n. 1. A bird of the 
family Henicuridse. — 2. A South American 
1. A large open- tyrant-flycatcher of the subfamily F?i(!'icoH«a», 
headed cask, usually set up on end in an out- of which there are many genera and species; 
house or close to a dwelling, serving as a reser- a water-eap. See cut under Fluvicola. 
voir for rain- or pipe-water. — 2. A water-bee- water-check (wa't&r-chek), «. A check-valve 
tie, as Dytiscus marginatns and related species, for regulating a supply of water, as in the Gif- 
water-cabbage(wa'ter-kab''aj),n. TheAmeri- ford injector. E. H. Knight. 
can white vfater-lily, Castalia {Xyiiqihiea) ado- water-chestnut (wa'ter-ches'nut), n. See 
rata. Trapa. 
water-calamint (wa'ter-kal'^a-mint), «. The water-chevrotain (wa'ter-shev^ro-tan), ». An 
corn-mint, Mentha arvensis. aquatic African traguline, Hyoinoschus aquati- 
water-caltrop (wa'ter-kaF'trop), «. 1. The ciis, belonging to the family Tragulidse, and 
water-nut, Trapa. — 2. A book-name of the thus related to the kanchil and napu. 
pondweeds Pote;«of/ctofl denmis and P. crispiis. 
water-can (wa'ter-kan), M. The yellow water- 
lily, Nyinphiea {Xuph<ir) Intea, or the European 
white water-lily, Castalia siiecinsa (Nymphsea al- 
ba) : so named from the sluipe of the seed-ves- 
sel. [Prov. Eng.] 
water-cancer, water-canker (wa'tfer-kan"s6r, 
-kang^ker), n. Gangrenous stomatitis, or noma. 
See noma. 
wa'ter-cap (wa'ter-kap), n. 1. A form of cylin- 
drical diaphragm of copper in the time-fuse of 
wa'ter-chicken (wa't^r-ehik''en), 11. The com- 
mon gallinule, Gallinula galeata. Ralph and 
Bagg, 1886. [Oneida county. New York.] 
water-chickweed (wa'ter-chik^wed), n. 1. 
A small, smooth, and green tufted herb, Mon- 
tiafontana, found throughout Europe, in north- 
ern Asia, from arctic America down the west 
coast to California, and in the Andes to their 
southern extremity. Also blinking-chicl-tceed 
(which see).— -2. A name for Callitriche verna 
and SteUaria (Malachiuin) aquatica. 
a shell, intended to prevent the fuse from being wa'ter-chinkapin (wa't^r-ching''ka-pin), n. 
The American nelumbo, Xelumbo lutea, or pri- 
marily its edible nut-like seed: so named from 
tlie resemblance of the seeds to chinkapins. 
They are borne immersed in pits in the large 
top-shaped receptacle. Also wankapin, yonco- 
pin. 
.--...- ^ water- 
extinguished by water in ricochet firing. — 2. 
A bird of the subfamily FluvicoUnif, the spe- 
cies and genera of which are numerous. Also 
water-chat. See cut under Fluvicola. 
water-carpet (wa't6r-kar'''pet), ». 1. A Brit- 
ish geometrid moth, Cidaria suffumata. — 2. 
An American golden-saxifrage, Chrysoplenium -water-cicada (wa'ter-si-ka'da), 
Americanum, which spreads on the surface of boatman, 
springs and streams. Wood, Class-book of Bot. water-clam (wa'tfer-klam), «. A bivalve of 
water-carriage (wa'ter-kar"aj), n. 1. Trans- the family Spoiidylid«; a thorn-oyster. See 
portation or conveyance by water. cut xmder Spondijlus. 
In the important matter of water-carnage the farmer in wator-clock (wa't&r-klok), W. A clepsydra. 
the Canadian Far West has unrivalled advantages. ^ clepsydra, or waterclock, which played upon Flutes 
W. F. Rae, Newfoundland to M,anit«ba, xiii. jjie hours of the night at a time when they c<nild not be 
2. Tlie conducting or conveying of water from 
place to place. 
In the water-carriarfe system each house bas its own net- 
work of drain-pipes, soil-pipes, and waste-pipes, which lead 
from the basins, siidis, closets, and gullies within and about 
the house to the common sewer. Encyc. Brit., XXI. 714. 
3. Means of conveyance by water, collectively ; 
vessels; boats. [Rare.] 
The most brittle u^ter-carriage was used among the 
Egyptians, who, as Strabo saitli, would sail sometimes in 
boats made of earthenware. Arbuthnot. 
water-carrier (wa'ter-kar'i-er), 
or that which carries water; specifically, an 
arrangement of ■wires or the like on which a 
bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be 
conveyed wherever required, as to a house. — 
Water-carriers' paralysis, paralysis of the musculo- 
spiral nerve. 
water-cart (wii'ter-kiirt), n. AcartcaiTyingwa- 
ter for sale or for watering streets, gardens, etc. 
For the latter pui-pose the cart bears a large cask or tank 
containing water, which, by means of a tube or tubes per- 
forated with holes, is sprinkled on roads and streets to 
prevent dust from rising, or in gardens to water plants. 
water-cask (wa't^r-kask), n. A strong light 
cask used for transporting drinking-water, 
especially on sea-going ships. Compare water- 
tank and breaker. 
water-castert (wa'ter-kas'''ter), n. A physician 
who professed to discover the diseases of his 
seen on the index. Dr. Bumey, Hist Music, I. 612. 
water-closet (wa'ter-kloz"et), «. A privy liav- 
ing some contrivance for carrying off the dis- 
charges through a waste-pipe below by the 
agency of water. 
water-cock (wa'ter-kok), n. The kora, (lalli- 
crcx cristata, a large dark gallinule of India, 
Ceylon, Java, and islands east ward, homed with 
a red caruncle on top of the head. 
water-colly (wa'ter-koVi),*). The water-ouzel, 
^ , Cinclus a(juatieus. [Prov. Eng.] 
Une who -^j-ater-color (wa'ter-kul'''or), «. 1. Painting. 
especially artistic painting, with pigments for 
which water and not oil is used as a solvent. — 
2. A pigment adapted or prepared for painting 
in this method. 
Some fine colour that may please the eye 
Of fickle changelings and poor discontents; . . . 
And never yet did insurrection want 
Such water-colours to impaint his cause. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 1. 80. 
Water-colours are sold in four fonns, in cakes, pastilles, 
pans, and tubes. Hamerton, Graphic Arts, xiii. 
3. A painting executed by this method, or with 
pigments of this kind. 
The Art Galleries opened every year, and, besides the 
National fiallery, there were the Society of British Ar- 
tists, the Exhibition of Water Colours, and the British In- 
stitution in Pall Mall. H'. BesarU, Fifty Years Ago, p. 138. 
Also used attributively in all senses. 
^^^^^^'i'l:^"'^^-'-^^^^'"^'' wa^r^oJ^red (^^^^iul^^iirr Of the 
commonly, a quack. 
Wastes much in physicke and her water-caster. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). (Nares.) 
water-cat (wa'ter-kat), ». The nair, or Oriental 
otter, Liitra nair, translating a Mahratta name. 
color of water; like water. [Rare.] 
The other [sort of cherryl, which hangs on the branch 
like grapes, is water colored within, of a faintish sweet, 
and greedily devoured by the small birds. 
Bererley, Virginia, iv. ^ 12. 
