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A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.

• Water blackbird
  The European water ousel, or dipper.
• Water monitor
  A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
• WATERBEECH
  The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
• WATERPOX
  A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. Dunglison.
• Water carriage
  Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
• Water piet
  The water ousel.
• WATERCANKER
  See Canker, n., 1.
• WATERSCORPION
  See Nepa.
• Water course
  A stream of water; a river or brook.
• Waterproof
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• WATERCRAFT
  Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.
• Water drainage
  The draining off of water.
• Water rocket
  A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
• WATERELEPHANT
  The hippopotamus. [R.]
• Waterfowl
  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 soldier
  An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
• WATERGILDING
  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 gruel
  A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.

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