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Waterfall
n.
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An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.
Waterfall
n.
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A certain kind of neck scarf.
Water feather
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Alt. of Water feather-foil
Water feather-foil
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The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
Water flag
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A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
Water flannel
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A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
Water flea
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Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
Waterflood
n.
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A flood of water; an inundation.
Water flounder
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The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).
Waterfowl
n.
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Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.
Water fox
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The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.
Water frame
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A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
Water furrow
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A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
Water-furrow
v. t.
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To make water furrows in.
Water gage
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See Water gauge.
Water gall
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A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
Water gall
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A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.
Water gang
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A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
Water gas
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See under Gas.
Water gate
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A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
Water gauge
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A wall or bank to hold water back.
Water gauge
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An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.
Water gavel
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A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
Water germander
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A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
Water gilding
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The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding.
Water glass
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See Soluble glass, under Glass.
Water god
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A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.
Water gruel
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A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
Water hammer
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A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer.
Water hammer
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A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.