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Call home our exil’d friends, 
That fled the snares of •watchful tyranny. Shalcspearc. 
WATCHFULLY, adv. Vigilantly; cautiously; atten¬ 
tively ; with cautious observation; heedfully.—If this expe¬ 
riment were very •watchfully tried in vessels of several sizes, 
some such things may be discovered. Boyle. 
WATCHFULNESS, s . Vigilance; heed; suspicious at¬ 
tention ; cautious regard; diligent observation.—The expe¬ 
rience of our own frailties, and the consideration of the 
watchfulness of the tempter, discourage us. Hammond .— 
Inability to sleep.-— Watchfulness, sometimes called a coma 
or vigil, often precedes too great sleepiness. Arbuthnot. 
WA'TCHHOUSE, s. Place where the watch is set. 
Where statues breath’d, the works of Phidias’ hands, 
A wooden pump or lonely watchhouse stands. Gay. 
A place where watchmen lock up such as disturb the peace 
during the night. 
WATCHING, Inability to sleep.—The bullet not 
having been extracted, occasioned great pain and watchings. 
Wiseman. 
WA'TCHLIGHT, s. A candle with a rush wick to burn 
in the night.—Item, a dozen pound of watchlights for the 
servants. Addison. 
WATCHMAKER, s. One whose trade is to make 
watches, or pocket-clocks.—Smithing comprehends all trades 
which use forge or file, from the anchorsmith to the watch¬ 
maker ; they all using the same tools, though of several 
sizes. Moxon. 
WATCHMAN, s. Guard; sentinel; one set to keep ward. 
On the top of all I do espy 
The watchman waiting, tydings glad to hear. Spenser. 
WA'TCHTOWER, s. Tower on which a sentinel was 
placed for the sake of prospect.—In the day-time she sitteth 
in a watchtower, and flieth most by night. Bacon. 
WATCHWORD, s. The word given to the sentinels 
to know their friends.—That we have, Sir John : our watch¬ 
word, hem boys. Shakspeare. 
WATEEHOO, an island in the South Pacific ocean, 
about six miles long and four broad, discovered by captain 
Cook in 1777. It is a beautiful spot, with the surface varied 
by hills and plains, and covered with verdure. The man¬ 
ners of these islanders, their method of treating strangers, 
and their general habits of life, appear to be much like those 
that prevail at Otaheite and its neighbouring isles. Their 
religious ceremonies and opinions are also nearly the same. 
Lat. 20. 1. S. long. 158.15. W. 
WATEPAHATOES, Indians in the United States, in 
Louisiana, at the sources of the Platte. 
WATER, s. [waeter, Dutch; pmcep, Saxon; from the 
M. Goth., wate, aqua.] 
My mildness hath allay’d their swelling griefs, 
My mercy dry’d their water-fl owing tears. Shakspeare. 
A cubic foot of distilled water, according to the best ex¬ 
periments, weighs, at a temperature of 40°, 437102.4946 
grains troy. Hence, a cubic inch of water at the same tem¬ 
perature weighs 252.952 grains; and at the temperature of 
60°, 252.72 grains. The specific gravity of water is always 
supposed to be 1.000, and it is made the measure of the spe¬ 
cific gravity of every other body. Water, at a temperature 
of 32°, becomes solid, and assumes the form of ice. In this 
state it possesses considerable hardness and elasticity, and its 
specific gravity is diminished to .94. 
When water is raised to the temperature of 212° it boils, 
and is gradually converted into steam, which is an invisible 
and highly elastic fluid like air. The specific gravity of 
steam, according to the most recent observations, is .625, 
that of air being reckoned 1.000. 
Accoidingto the most perfect experiments, water is com¬ 
posed of two volumes of hydrogen gas, and one volume of 
oxygen gas. Hence, its combining weight or atom will be 
1.125, oxygen being reckoned 1; or, if we consider the 
specific gravity of hydrogen gas to be .6944, and of oxygen 
gas 1.1111, it is composed of one part by weight of hydro¬ 
gen, and eight parts by weight of oxygen. The union of 
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oxygen and hydrogen gases to form water, is attended by the 
extrication of much light and heat. 
The sea.—Travel by land or by water. Common Prayer. 
—Urine. 
If thou could’st, doctor, cast 
The water of my land, find her disease, 
And purge it to a sound and pristine health, 
I would applaud thee. Shakspeare. 
To hold Water. To be sound; to be tight. From a 
vessel that will not leak.— A good Christian and an honest 
man must be all of a piece, and inequalities of proceeding 
will never hold water. L'Estrange. —It is used for the 
lustre of a diamond. 
’Tis a good form, 
And rich: here is a water, look ye. Shakspeare. 
Water is much used in composition for things made with 
water, being in water, or growing in water. 
Touch me with noble anger! 
O let not women’s weapons, wafer-drops, 
Stain my man’s cheeks. Shakspeare. 
To WATER, v. a. To irrigate; to supply with mois¬ 
ture.—Could tears water the lovely plant, so as to make it 
grow again after once ’tis cut down, your friends would be 
so far from accusing your passion, that they would encourage 
it and share it. Tetnple.— To supply with water for drink. 
Water him, and, drinking what he can, 
Encourage him to thirst again with bran. Dry den. 
To fertilize or accommodate with streams.—Mountains, 
that run from one extremity of Italy to the other, give rise to 
an incredible variety of rivers that water it. Addison. —To 
diversify as with waves.—The different ranging the superfi¬ 
cial parts of velvet and watered silk, does the like. Locke. 
To WATER, v. n. To shed moisture. 
I stain’d this napkin with the blood 
That valiant Clifford, with his rapier’s point 
Made issue from the bosom of the boy ; 
And if thine eyes can water for his death, 
I give thee this to dry thy cheeks withal. Shakspeare. 
To get or take in water; to be used in supplying water.— 
Mahomet sent many small boats manned with harquebusiers 
and small ordnance, into the lake near unto the camp, to 
keep the Christians from watering there. Knolles. 
The mouth Waters. The man longs; there is a 
vehement desire. From dogs who drop their slaver when 
they see meat which they cannot get; or because there is a 
secretion of water in the mouth when a tempting morsel is 
before us. 
WATER CRAG, a hill of England, in Yorkshire, 2186 
feet in height. 
WATER KEY, a small island in the bay of Honduras, 
near the coast of Mexico. Lat. 17. 30. N. long. 88. 40. W. 
WATER KEY, a small island in the Spanish Main, near 
the Mosquito shore. Lat. 12. 15. N. long. 88. 55. W. 
WATER KEY, South, a small island in the bay of Hon¬ 
duras. Lat. 16. 35. N. long. 88. 45. W. 
WATER SOUND, a strait of the North sea, between South 
Ronaldsha and Barra, two of the Orkney islands. 
WATERBEACH, a parish of England, county of Cam¬ 
bridge; 5f miles north-north-east of Cambridge. 
WATERBOROUGH, a post township of the United 
States, in York county, Maine; 25 miles north of York, and 
110 north-north-east of Boston. Population 1395. 
WATERBURY, a post township of the United States, in 
Washington county, Vermont, on Onion river; 12 miles 
north-west of Montpelier. Population 966. Waterbury 
river flows through this town into Onion river.—2d, Of 
Newhaven county, Connecticut; 20 miles north-north-west 
of Newhaven. Population 2874. 
WATERCOLOURS, s. Painters make colours into a 
soft consistence with water or oil; those they call water¬ 
colours, and these they term oil-colours. Boyle. 
Less should I daub it o’er with transitory praise. 
And water-colours of these days: 
These 
