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- English Word Watchmen Definition of Watchman
- English Word Watchtower Definition A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
- English Word Watchword Definition A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.
- English Word Watchword Definition A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.
- English Word Water Definition The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
- English Word Water Definition A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
- English Word Water Definition Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
- English Word Water Definition A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
- English Word Water Definition The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
- English Word Water Definition A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
- English Word Water Definition An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."
- English Word Water Definition To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
- English Word Water Definition To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
- English Word Water Definition To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
- English Word Water Definition To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
- English Word Water Definition To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
- English Word Water Definition To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
- English Word Water adder Definition The water moccasin.
- English Word Water adder Definition The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.
- English Word Water agrimony Definition A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.
- English Word Water aloe Definition See Water soldier.
- English Word Water antelope Definition See Water buck.
- English Word Water arum Definition An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
- English Word Water back Definition See under 1st Back.
- English Word Water bailiff Definition An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
- English Word Water ballast Definition Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
- English Word Water barometer Definition 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.
- English Word Water bath Definition 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.
- English Word Water battery Definition A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.
- English Word Water battery Definition A battery nearly on a level with the water.