water-coloring 
water-coloring (wa't^T-kul'pr-ing), n. The 
use of water-colors, or work executed in water- 
colors or pigments of similar nature. [Trade 
use.] 
The Dutch and rose pinks are somethnes used, but they 
cannot be relied upon in water-colmirimj. 
Paper-hanger, p. 76. 
water-colorist ( wii'ter-kuKor-ist), « . One who 
paints in water-colors. 
water-comparator (wa'ter-kom'-pil-riX-tor), H. 
An apparatus for comparing thermometers 
with a standard, eonsi-sting essentially of a 
reservoir containing water, with means "for ob- 
taining different temperatures and for main- 
taining the whole mass at the same tempera- 
ture during a series of observations. 
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salad, and now very widely cultivated 
cress and Xasturtiiim (with cut). The name is ex- 
tended to the genus — N.palustre, a weeciy species, being 
called marsh or yellow water-cress, or marsh-cress. 
water-crow (wa'tcr-kro), H. 1. The common 
European coot, Fulica atra: from its blackish 
plumage. [Local, Eng.]— 2. The water-ouzel, 
Cinclus aquaticiis. [Local, Eng.] — 3. The 
darter, snake-bird, or water-turkey, riotiis an- 
liiiuja. [Southern U. S.] 
water-crowfoot (wa'ter-kr6"fut). n. The name 
of several aquatic species of lirniKiicKtus, pri- 
marily li. (iqimtilis, the common white water- 
crowfoot, a plant found through the north 
temperate zone and in Australia. The yellow 
water-crowfoot is 7?. miiWfidiis. 
water-cooler (wa'ter-ko'ler), ». Any device ''"''^'•'^rcup (wa'ter-kup), «. 1. The pennywort, 
Water-co<)lcr. 
a. outer shell ; fy, non-con 
ducting (illinj; : r, inner shell. 
for cooling water; especiaily, a vessel with 
non-conducting walls in 
which water for drinking 
is placed with iee. Such 
cooUn are fitted with a faucet 
in the lower part, for drawing 
off the water. The effect of 
other coolers is due to evajK)- 
ration throngh their porous 
walls. .See Ma, 3. 
water-core (wa'ttr-kor), 
H. 1. In /0MHrf(«<7, a hol- 
low core placed inside 
the mold, within which 
a current of cold water 
can be made to pass to 
absorb the heat and has- 
ten the cooling of the 
casting: used especially 
to cool the bore of cast 
guns. — 2. In some forms 
of car-axle, a quantity of 
water in a hermetically closed cavity, intendeil 
to take up heat from the journals. — 3. A blem- 
ish, common in some varieties of the apple, 
in which the flesh about the core assumes a 
watery, translucent appearance. 
watercourse (wa'tf-r-kors), «. l. A stream of 
water ; a river or brook. 
The woods climb up boldly alonit the hillsides, over- 
shadowing every little dingle and watercoume. 
tjeiln'e, fit-ol. .Sketches, iii. 
2. A channel or canal made for the conveyance 
of water, or serving for conveyance by water. 
Who hath divided a itfatereourse for the overflowin<r of 
waters. Job xx-wiii. 2.''. 
Scouring the tnifrr-coiirses thorough the cities ; 
A fine periphrasis of a keniiel-raker. 
Fletcher {mul aiudher ?), Prophetess, iii. 1. 
3. In law, a stream of water, usually flowing \u 
a definite channel having a bed and sides or 
banks, and usually discharging itself into some 
other stream or body of water. Bitjciinr. The 
condition of t>eing occasionally dry d<x-8 ilot'deprive it of 
the character of a waten-oiirse; hut ■>ccasional flows of 
water caused by unusual rains, or melting of snow, and 
following a channel which is usually di-y, <lo not consti- 
tute a watercourse. The owner of a watercourse has, 
within certain limits, a right to have it flow substantially 
unimpaired by the ownei-s alwvc and below, A grant of 
a watercourK may mean a grant of (1) the casement or 
the right to the niuning of water; (2) the channel which 
containii the water, the pipe, or drain ; or(;l) the land over 
which the water flows. George Jessel, Master of the RoII.s. 
water-cow (wa'ter-kou), «. The common do- 
mestic Indian buffalo, lios biihitlu.i or Iiuhabi.< 
buffclus ; the water-buffalo: socalled by English 
residents in translating a Chinese name, from 
the habit it has of seeking the water to escape 
the annoyance of insects, it is not a distinct 
species. The same habit is strongly marked in the African 
or <.'aj)e buffalo, li. caffer, and may be observed of domes- 
tic cattle anywhere. See cuts under buffalo. 
water-cracker (wa'ter-krak'er), «. 1. A wa- 
ter-biscuit. — 2. A Pi-ince Rupert's drop. See 
detnnatiuff bulb, under dvUmatintj. 
A water cracker, as they [Prince Rupert's drops] are 
called In the factoi-y. fici. Amer., N. S., LVI. Isl. 
water-craft (wa't^r-krnft), «. Vessels and 
boats plying on water. 
water-crake (wa't('r-krak). H. l. The common 
spotted crake of Europe, Pnr:iit\it manirttn : 
distinguished from the limil-crdlr, Crrx ]irii- 
Ifrnsin. — 2. The water-rail, Halhi.i tif/aiitiCKS. 
Montiifiv. — 3t. The water-ouzel: a misnomer. 
WiUnijIibii : I'dij. [Local, Eng.] 
water-crane (wa'ter-kran), «. 1. An appara- 
tus for supplying water from an elevated tank, 
as to the tender of a locomotive, — 2. A crane 
operated by hydraulic power. 
water-cress (wa'ter-kres), v. [< ME. iriitcr- 
krcsse, wnti/ri-res.m', iriiti:rkirs; < wiiter + cress. '\ 
A creeping herV) of springs and streams, Xasliir- 
tinm offichitilr, from antiipiity used iis a spring 
water-farming 
See water-drinkt (wa'ter-dringk), ii. [< ME. water- 
driiich; < water + tiriiik:] A drink of water. 
Alls iff thu drunnke waterrdrincch. 
Ormulum (ed. White), 1. 14482. 
water-drinker (wa't^r-dring"ker), )(. [< ME. 
icfifer drynktirc; < Kuter + driitker.'] 1. A 
drinker of water. 
Water drynkare. Aquebibus. Prompt. Pari)., p. 518. 
2. An advocate of abstinence from intoxicating 
liquors; a prohibitionist. [Collo(i.] 
water-drip (wa'ter-drip), )(. A pan or recep- 
tacle to receive the waste water from a water- 
cooler. Car-Builder's Diet. 
water-drop (wa'ter-drop), n. A drop of water; 
specitieally, a tear. 
Let not women's weapons, water-drops, 
Stain my man's cheeks ! Shak., Lear, ii. 4. 280. 
water-dropper (wa'ter-drop"er), )(. A contri- 
vance devised by Sir William Thomson, and 
used particularly in the measurement of the 
electrical potential of the atmosphere, it con- 
sists of an insulated metallic cylinder containing water, 
with a projecting nozle, from which the water is allowed 
to lirop freely. Each drop carries with it a small charge, 
and finally the spout and connecting-rod gain the poten- 
tial of the air ; this may then be measured by a quadrant 
Hijdnieotylc : by translation of the genus name 
— 2. The trumpetleaf, Sarracetiia Jlava. 
water-cure (wa't^r-kiir), 11. Hydrotherapy or 
balneotherapy; a system of medical treatment 
by means of water in any form or mode of ap- 
jilicatioii. 
water-deck (wa'ter-dek), )(. A painted piece 
of canvas used for covering the saddle and bri- 
dle, girths, etc.. of a dragoon's horse. [Eng.] 
water-deer(wa'ter-der), H. 1. AsmallChinese electrometer. 
musk-deer, Hydmpoies inermis, of somewhat Water-dropwort (wa'ter-drop"wert), n. The 
aquatic habits, it resembles the ordinary musk-deer 
in general, being of small size, hornless in Imtb sexes, and 
Chinese WHlcr-dcer {tlydrapotts inrrmis). 
with protrusive upper canines in the male ; but some tech- 
nical characters cause it to fall in another genus. 
2. The African water-chevrotain. This is a 
traguloid, quite different from the foregouig. 
Water-deerlet (wa'ter-der'let), ». The African 
water-chevrotain. 
water-devil (wa'ter-(lev'l),H. l. Thelarvaor 
grulj of various aquatic insects, as of the genus 
ll!l<lr(>j)hiliis. //. pieeiis is a common British 
species. — 2. The (lobsonorhellgranimite. Sec 
Cdri/ilttlus. and cut m](\ev .yirawler. [U. S.] 
water-dock (wa'tt'r-dok). u. A tall dock, J!ii 
umbelliferous plant (Hiiajithe fstiiliis/t, or any 
plant of that genus. The hemlock water-drop- 
wort is the highly poisonous <E. crneafa. 
water-dust (wa'tcr-dust), 11. A collective name 
for the extreinely minute droplets or particles of 
water which compose clouds and haze. [Rare.] 
water-eagle (wa'ter-e"gl), h. The fish-hawk 
or osprey. [Kare.] 
■watered (wa'terd), a. Marked with or exhibit- 
ing waved lines or bauds bearing some resem- 
blance to those which might be produced by 
the action of water. Also waved Watered silk, 
silk upon which a wave-like and changeable pattern has 
been produced by moistening and pressuie. The name is 
sometimes restricted to material of which the pattern is 
confined to parallel lines, as distinguisheil from moire an- 
ticiue. ,Soe ^/*o/r.' anil lunire. 
water-elder (wa'tcr-el'der), «. The guelder- 
rose, Vihiiniiini Ojiiiliis. 
water-elephant (wa'ter-el"e-fant), II. Thehip- 
l>opotiimus or river-horse. 
water-elevator (wii'ter-el"e-va-tor), n. 1. 
Any device for raising buckets in wells, or for 
lifting water to a higher level for purposes of 
irrigation, etc. — 2. A lift or elevator in which 
the operating force is the weight or pressure of 
water; a hydraulic elevator. 
water-elm (wa'ter-elm), «. The common white 
elm, I'hiiiis Aiiierieaiia. 
water-engine (vva'ter-en'''Jin), )(. An engine to 
raise water; also, an engine propelled by water. 
nil J- Hi/drolajiatliitiii, of temperate Europe and waterer (wa'ter-er), ii. 1. One who waters, in 
Asm. Also called horse- or ifaffr-.iorrel. it. aqun- 
ti'-ux also appears under this name. The great or Ameri- 
can water-clock is It. lirltannica {It. orfn'riilatiis). 
water-doctor (wa'ter-(lok"tor), «. 1. Ahydrop- 
atliist. [CoJloii.] — 2. One of a former school 
of medical practitioners the members of which 
pretended tluit all diseases could be diagnosti- 
cated by simple inspection of the urine. 
water-dog (wa'ter-dog), II. 1. A dog accus- 
tomed to or delighting in the water, or trained 
to go into the water in pursuit of game, as a wa- 
ter-spaniel. — 2. One of various kinds of large 
salanumders ; a muil-puiipy. See axnliitl, Meiio- 
]i<>ma, and cut under hellbenilcr. Also vater- 
l"'PI'll- — 3. A small, irregular, floating cloud 
in a rainy season, stqiposed to indicate rain. 
[Prov. Eng. and Scotcli.] 
Water-dogs, . . . dark clomls that seem to travel through 
the air by themselves, ami indicate a stoi-m. Ilalliwell 
makes them identical with mares-tails, but they are dis- 
tinct things in Surrey language. 
O. L. Gower, Surrey Provincialisms (Eng. Dial. Sou.). 
4. A sailor, especially an old sailor; a salt; 
one thoroughly accustomed to life in and on the 
water. [Colloq.] 
The .Santlwich Islanders are complete irater-dogs, and 
thcrefoie very go(Kl in boating. 
II. II. Dana, Jr., Befcjie the Mast, p. 94. 
water-dragon (wa'ter-drag"on). ?(. An old 
name of the water-arum, ('alia palnstris, also 
assigned to Calthn jifiliistris, perhaps by con- 
fusion of the Latin names. Britten and Holland. 
water-drain (wa'ti'r-dnin ), «. A drain or chan- 
nel lljrougli whicli water may run 
^,^*f,r'^y,^'l^f Se («a'ter-,l.'a"na.j), n. The drain- water-farming (wa'ter-fiir'mi.ig), n. The cu 
water-dressing'( wa'ter-,lres"ing), n. The con- "',t'"" -f ^'''"'*' f '™'"'^' "' ''''*"'- 
any sense of the word: as, a stock-H-o^orcr. 
Neither the planter nor the tcaterpr have any power to 
make it [religion] take rr)ot and grow in yonr hearts. 
Locke, Paraphiase on 1 ( "or. iii. 7. 
2. That with which one waters ; a vessel, uten- 
sil, or other contrivance for sprinkling water 
on plants, watering animals, etc. 
water-eringO (wa'tcr-o-ring"g6), «. A plant, 
Jiri/ni/inm ijitccufiilinm' {E. aipiaficnm), other- 
wise called bntton-siiakeroiit. See Kriiiiqium. 
water-ermine (wa'ter-er"min), n. A British 
tigei'-molh, Sjnlo.^tinia iirtiea;, chiefly white and 
yellow marked witli black. [Eng.] 
water-extractor (wa'ter-eks-trak"tor), H. In 
dijeinij, a rotatory apparatus for freeing dyed 
goods from water by the action of centrifugal 
force. 
waterfall (wa'ter-fal), H. [= I), u-aterral = G. 
icaxser/atl (cf. Sw. rattcitfnll, 'Dan.randfald); as 
water -\- falLI 1. A steep fall or flow'of water 
from a height; aca.scade; a cataract. 
Down shower the gaml)olling waterfalls. 
Tennyson, Sea- Fairies. 
2. A neck-tie or scarf with long droopine ends. 
[Colloq.] 
He was suddenly confronted in the walk by Helijamin, 
the Jew money-lender, smoking a cigar, antl ili-essed in a 
gaudy-figured satin wai.steoat and waterfall of the same 
material. T. Unghes,'tom Brown at Oxford, II. iii. 
3. A chignon. [Colloq.] 
The brown silk net, which she had supposed thorou^'hly 
trustwiuthy. Iia<l given way all at once info a great hole 
UTider the waterfall, and the soft hair would fret itself 
tlirougb and threaten to stray untidily, 
Mrs. Whitney, Leslie tJnldthwaite, iii. 
I- 
stant apiilication of water to a wound, by im- 
mersion, irrigation, or cuiiiiiresses. 
A few miles away, the initive lotus grows luxuiiantly, 
a relic, it is believed, of Indian water-farviuni. 
Hariier's Mag.. L.XXVIII. 869. 
