water-hammer 
few seconds will cause a blister. It is used as a counter- 
IiTitant or a mild cautery. 
water-hare (wa'ter-har), H. 1. The water- 
rabbit. See cut under swamp-hare. — 2. The 
spotted cavy, or paca, Cailogenys paca. 
water-haze (wa'ter-haz), n. Haze composed 
of water-particles, as distinguished from haze 
consisting mainly of particles of dust and or- 
ganic matter. See haze^. 
water-heater (wa'ter-he'ter), «. A heating- 
apparatus which performs its functions by the 
agency of hot water. 
water-hemlock (wa'ter-hem"lok),n. 1. See fi- 
CMto. — 2. The hemlock water-dropwort, (Enan- 
the crocnta, otherwise called (kud-tongiw ; also 
(E. Phellandrium, distinguished as fine-kafed 
Katrr-hemlock. 
water-hemp (wa'ter-hemp),H. 1. Scoliemp.— 
2. The hemp-agrimony, Enpatorium canmihi- 
niim. 
water-hen (wa't^r-hen), «. Some aquatic bird 
likened to a hen. (a) The moor-hen or gallinule of 
Great Britain, GalUnula chloropus. ((.) Tlie American 
coot, Fulica americaiM. [Ma.ssachusetts.] (c) An Austra- 
lian bird of the rail family and genus Triboiu/x. .See cut 
under Trif>„ni/z. and compare wdter-coc*. — Spotted wa- 
ter-hen. ^ Same as upoltfd rait. Sec raiH. [Local, Euj?.] 
water-hickory (wa'ter-hik"o-ri), II. Same as 
bitter pectin (which see, miAer pecan). 
Water-hoarhonnd (wa'ter-hor'hound), n. A 
plant of the genus Li/copiis, chiefly L. Europxiis. 
water-hog (wa'ter-hog), n. 1. The African 
river-hog, I'otamochwrus penicillatiiJi. See cut 
under Potamochcerus.—Z. The South American 
capibara, Hydrochctrus capibara. Also called 
6843 
r. t., 3, and watered silk (under watered).— 3. 
A watering-place: as, "the wateryiig of Seint 
Thomas" (better known as St.Thomas a Water- 
ings), Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., I. 8126.— 4. In 
flax-manuf., same as retting, 1.— Watering of the 
mouth, an abundant secretion of saliva excited, through 
a reflex nervous influence, by the suggestion, smell, or 
sight of appetizing food. 
watering-call (wa'ter-ing-kal), H. irUit., a call 
or sound of a trumpet on which cavalry assem- 
ble to water their horses. 
watering-can (wa'ter-ing-kan), H. Same as 
watering-pot. 
watering-cart (wa'ter-ing-kart), H. 1. A bar- 
rel or cistern mounted on wheels, used for wa- 
tering plants. Various special forms are made, as one 
for watering plants in drills, the water escaping through 
perforated pipes set at the proper distances apart. 
2. A large tank, of whatever form, mounted on 
a wagon-body, used for watering streets. 
watering-house (wa'ter-ing-hous), n. A house 
or tavern where water is obtained for cab- 
horses, etc. Compare tcaterman, 2. 
Carriages . . . roll swiftly by ; watermen, . . . who have 
been shouting and rushing about for the last two hours 
retire to their ■—'-—'"" ^ " * 
water-lemon 
, .^ , The .Summer 
Invited my then ranging eies to loolc on 
Large fields of ripen'd corn, presenting trifles 
Of waterisli pettie dainties. 
Dekker and Ford, Sun's Darling, iv. 
4. Pertaining to water, or having something of 
its characters; insipid: as, a waterish color or 
feel. 
Some [flowers] of a sad or darke greene, some watrishe 
blunkette, gray, grassie, lioarie, and Leeke coloured. 
Touchstone of Complexions, p. 100. 
Of imtris/i taste, the flesh not flrnie, like English lieefe. 
Uakhiyfs Vopaijes, I. 386. 
waterishness (wa'ter-ish-nes), H. The state or 
character of being waterish. 
Waterishness, which is like the serosity of our blood. 
Fluyer. 
water-jacket (wa'ter-jak"et), n. A casing con- 
taining water placed about something to keep 
it cool, or otherwise regulate its temperature. 
Compare water-mantle and water-box. 
water-joint (wa'ter-joint), H. A joint through 
which water will not leak, as in the framework 
of a water-gate, the junction of two water-pipes, 
the gates of canal-locks, etc. 
the erc^t„r:'L\XKX"s\n/purT ''""""™' ""' Water-junket (wa'ter-jung''ket), n. ^ The com. 
tailless hippopotamus and short-nosed tapir. 
water-hole (wa'tfer-hol), n. A hole or hollow 
where water collects, in Australia, a small natural 
orartiflclal renervoir; in South Africa, a natural pool or 
water-pool. This word is chiefly used in Australia, where 
it means a small pond or pool of water, and especially 
»nch as are mied during the rainy season and dry up when 
that ceases, or soon after. 
In the dry weather, as the small lagoons and iiof*-)-- 
hotet scattered all over the country [Australia] get low 
and dried up, large numbers of . . . wild ducks congre- 
gate on the big lagoon in front of Mount S|)encer station. 
U. F. Ilatirm, Advance Australia, p. 88. 
We have been drafting close here up at the one-eyed 
walerhole. Mrs. Campbell Praed, The Head-Statlon, p. 84. 
Waterhole (wa'ti-r-hol), r. (. ; pret. and pp. 
waterholed, ppr. waterhoting. [< water-hole, h.] 
In coffee-cultivation. See the quotation. 
A third operation is called "trenching, " or waterhol- 
iag. The trenches are made across the slope, and . . . 
the holes are left open to act as catch-drains, and as re- 
ceptacles for wash, weeds, pniiiings, and other vegetable 
•"•tte"- Spans' Enci/c. Manuf., I. 898. 
water-horse (wa'ter-h6rs), H. Same as horse- 
pile. 
water-horsetail (wa't^r-hors'tal), ». A plant 
of the genus Vhara. 
water-housef (wa'ttr-hous), «. A house or 
dwelling upon the water ; a ship. 
The thing by her commanded is to see Dover's dread- 
fnl cliff : passing, In a poor water-house, the dangers of 
the merciless channel 'twiit that and Calais, five long 
hours' sail, with three poor weeks' victuals. 
Beau, and Ft., Scornful Lady, i. 1. 
water-hyssop (wa'ter-his'op), «. See Ilerpesti.^. 
water-ice (wa't^r-is), «." a preparation of 
water and sugar, flavored and frozen ; a sher- 
bet. 
water-inch (wa't^r-inch), «. In hi/draul, a 
measure of water equal to the quantity dis- 
charged in 24 hours through a circular opening 
of 1 inch diameter leading from a reservoir, + • i i, 
under the least pressure — that is, when the wa- 'Watering-trougn 
ter is only so high as just to cover the orifice. "IB.-tF"''' "' ^ 
This quantity in very nearly 500 cubic feet. 
water-indicator (wa'ter-in'^'ili-ka-tor), n. A 
device for indicating the weight of water in a 
boiler or a tank, or for giving an alarm by per- 
mitting steam to escape, sounding a whistle, 
etc., when the water falls below a certain level; 
a water-gage. 
waterineS8(wa'ter-i-nes), «. The state of be- 
ing watery. Arhuthnot. 
watering (wa't^r-ing), n. [< late ME. watnjnge, 
icatringc (= MLG. wateringe = MHG. wezzer- 
unge, G. wdsserung); verbal n. of water, r.] 1. 
The act of one who waters, in any sense. 
Doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or 
his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 
Luke xiii. l.'i. 
The clouds are for the watering of the earth. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. !('>«. 
Specifically — 2. The art or process of giving 
to the surface of anything a wave-like or veined 
appearance of somewhat ornamental effect ; 
also, the marking so produced. (Compare water. 
pipes and purl 
Dickens, Sketches, Scenes, ii. 
watering-place (wa'ter-ing-plas), w. [< ME. 
watri/nge-placc; < watering +place.2 1. A place 
where water may be obtained, as for drinking, 
for watering cattle, or for supplying ships. 
Watrynge Place, where beestys byii wateryd. 
Pr&mpt. Parv., p. 518. 
The force will have to trust to known watering-places 
where there are wells. 
Col. Farquhar, in E. Sartorius's In the Soudan, p. 56. 
2. Especially, a place of resort for a particu- 
lar kind of water, as mineral water; a well, 
spring, town, etc., famous for its waters; in 
later use, a bathing-place; a seaside resort; 
loosely, any summer resort. 
The discovery of a saline spring . . . suggested to a too 
constructive brain the possibility of turning Treby Magna 
into a fashionable icatering-place. 
George Eliot, I'elix Uolt, iii. 
The term Ueatering-places] was naturally extended to 
include places resorted to for sea bathing, and sometimes 
as at Scarborough, the visitors could eitlier have the bene- 
fit of the spa or the salt water, that famous watering-place 
having both of these attractions. 
^V. and Q., 7th ser.,VII. 378. 
watering-pot (wa'ter-ing-pot), «. 1. A vessel, 
usually a somewhat tall can, most often of cy- 
lindrical section, sometimes oval, with a long 
spout springing from near the base, used for wa- 
tering plants and for other similar purposes, as 
sprinkling sidewalks. The spout is generally fitted 
with a rose, often movable, for distributing the water in a 
number of Hue streams. It is usually made of tin-jilate or 
mon sandpiper of Great Britain, Trimjoides hy- 
polcucHS. 
water-kelpie (wa'ter-kel"pi), n. A spirit or 
demon supposed to dwell in water. See kelpie. 
The bonny grey mare did sweat for tear. 
For she heard the xcater-kelpy roaring. 
Annan Water (Child's Ballads, IL 189). 
water-kindt (wa'ter-kind), «. [< ME. iratcr- 
kindc; < xcater + kiiid^.'] Water; the elements 
of water. 
Latin boc sejsth thatt Ennou Bitacnethth icaterrkinde. 
Ormulum (ed. White), I. 18087. 
water-lade (wa'ter-lad), «. A channel or trench 
for conducting water; a drain; a gutter. 
Tlie chanels were not skoured . . . for riverets and 
Brookes to passe away, but the water-lades stopped up 
either through negligence or depopulation. 
Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 741. t^Davies.) 
water-laid (wa'ter-lad), a. Noting three ropes 
laid into one : same as cahle-laid. 
Waterlander (wa'ter-lan-der), n. [< D. Water- 
land, a district in North' Holland, -f -erl.] One 
of the liberal wing of the Mennonites of the 
Netherlands. Beginning with less strict views of ex- 
communication than those of the conservative wing, they 
gradually moved in the direction of still greater liber- 
ality, exchanged the name of Mennonites for Doopsge- 
zinden (Baptist persuasion), refused to condemn any one 
for opinions which the Bible did not expressly pronounce 
essential to salvation, cooperated witli William the Si- 
lent, and even accepted civil ofllce. The division be- 
tween tlicm and their opponents gradually disappeared, 
and the two wings are now united in Holland on sub- 
stantially the liberal basis of the Waterlanders. Encric 
Brit., XVL 12. ■' 
galvanized sheet-iron, ami is intended to be managed by w,+i^ioC,Ji / ■*• i /j- ^ n^ „- 
hand. Also called icatering-can. Waterlandian (wa-ter-lan'di-an), n. [< Water- 
2. In coiirli., any species of the genus A.ijter- '"'"' (*^*''^ Waterlander) + -ianl'] Same as Wa- 
gilUim, as J. i-aginifernin. These are true bivalves ''"'•'"«'''''"• 
of Jhe family Gastrucheenidse (or Tubicolida), not dis- Watet-langUage (wa t^r-lang'''gwaj), «. Jocose 
abuse; chaff. [Rare.] 
'Twas all water-language at these time.?, and no excep- 
tions were to be taken. Amhiirst, Terra! Filius, Ko. 1. 
water-laverock (wa'ter-lav'''er-ok), n. Same as 
sandji larcroek (which see, under laverock). 
water-leadert (wa'ter-le'^'der), n. [< ME. water- 
ledcr (cf. D. waterleiding = G. wasserleitung = 
Sw. i-attcnlcdiiing = Dan. vandledning, aque- 
duct); < water + leader'^.'] A water-cari-ier. 
The cokis and watir-lederes. York Plays, p. 307. 
waterleaf (wa'ter-lef), «,. 1. Any plant of the 
g;emifi Ui/dropliyllum {which see).— 2. Paper m 
the first stage of manufacture, after it has been 
pressed between the felts : a technical use. 
The structure of tlie woferica/niay lie regarded as an in- 
terlacement of vegetable fibres in every direction. 
Ure, Diet., III. 614. 
water-leecht (wa'ter-lech), H. [< ME. water- 
lerhe, waterelcehc ; < water + leech".] Same as 
horse-leech. 
Waterlechis two ben dostris, seiende, Bring on, bring 
<"'• WycHf. Prov. xxx. IR. 
water-leg (wa'ter-leg), «. In steam-boilers, a 
vertical water-space connecting other water- 
spaces, and crossing a flue-space, by which its 
contents are heated. 
water-lemon (w:i'ter-lem"on), «. A species of 
passion-flower, Passifiora "laurifolia, native in 
the West Indies and tropical South America , and 
cultivated there and in other warm countries ; 
also, and primarily, its fniit. The latter is lemon- 
colored, oval ill form, of the size of a peach, having a soft 
skin, and a very juicy pulp of a pleasant subacid flavor. 
The vine lias the leaves entire, the flowers wliite with red 
blotclies, the crown violet witli white streaks. /'. mali- 
.furmis, the sweet calabash, with a smaller fruit of similar 
flavor, is sometimes included under tlie name. The wild 
watcr-Ienion is /'. foelida, otherwise called (West Indian) 
tantly related to the teredos, and 
all Ijore into liard substances. The 
valves proper are very small in 
comparison with the long hard tube 
with which they are soldered. The 
species named has this tube cylin- 
drical and clubbed or knobbed at 
botll ends, with one end closed by 
a perforated plate, the whole for- 
mation suggesting the sprinkler 
of a watering-pot. It inhabits the 
Red Sea, and other species of As- 
peryiUum are found in Indo- Pacific 
waters. Also called watering-pot 
sitell. 
(wa'ter- 
trough in 
which water is provided for 
domestic animals. 
water-injector (wa't^r-in- 
jek"tor), n. See injector. 
waterish (wa'ter-ish), a. 
[Formerly also watrish ; < 
ME. 'waterish, < AS. wieter- 
isc; as water + -/.v/(l.] 1. 
Abounding in or containing 
water; sprinkled, moistened, 
or diluted with water; wa- 
tery; aqueous. 
Frost is wlieresoever is any waterish humour, as i.s in all 
woods, eitlier more or less ; and you know that all things 
frozen and icy will rather break than bend. 
.Ascham, Toxophilus (ed. 1864), p. 115. 
\ot all the dukes of waterish Burgundy 
Can buy this unprized prceions maid of me. 
Sliak., Lear, i. 1. 201. 
2. Consisting mainly of water; hence, thin; 
weak ; poor. 
Such nice and waterisli diet. Shak., Otllello, iii. 3, 15. 
3. Juicy; succulent. [Rare.] 
Watering-pot (..Asfifr- 
^xlluni Ttiffini/frutn), 
one half n.ituraf size, a, 
the p;iir of small v.Tlves. 
