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n. A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus. [ PJC ]

(Zool.) (a) The water moccasin. (b) The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Water soldier. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Water buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under 1st Back. [ 1913 Webster ]

An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Physics) A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height. [ 1913 Webster ]

A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Elec.) A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A battery nearly on a level with the water. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water, thus providing uniform support to the body lying on it; -- also a bed constructed so as to contain such a mattress. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients, as well as in some private homes. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

(Bot.) The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Tromp. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any aquatic bird; a water fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The European water ousel, or dipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A boat bug. [ 1913 Webster ]

A disease of sheep; gid. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) See under Brash. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Steam Boilers) See Water table. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche (Kobus leche), which has similar habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The European buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) The Croton bug. (b) Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night. [ 1913 Webster ]

A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The water chestnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) See Canker, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel or boat. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The capybara. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydraulic cement. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The common American gallinule. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin. [ 1913 Webster ]

An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Paint.) 1. A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It preserves its consistency when dried in a solid cake, which is used by rubbing off a portion on a moistened palette. Moist water colors are water colors kept in a semifluid or pasty state in little metal tubes or pans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A picture painted with such colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A stream of water; a river or brook. Isa. xliv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry. Angell. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) The dipper. (b) The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake. (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

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