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A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.

• WATERNEWT
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
• Stack
  A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
• Water hemlock
  A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus.
• Water thyme
  See Anacharis.
• Calligraphical
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
• WATERPLANT
  A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
• Temperancy
  Temperance.
• Waterlander
  Alt. of Waterlandian
• Water vole
  See under Vole.
• Callosity
  A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
• WATERRATTLEWATERRATTLER
  The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
• Water back
  See under 1st Back.
• Waterman
  A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
• BLOCKINGCOURSE
  The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
• Dribble
  To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
• WATERSPEEDWELL
  A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.
• Waterbok
  A water buck.
• Water murrain
  A kind of murrain affecting cattle.
• MOLDWARPMOULDWARP
  See Mole the animal. Spenser.
• WATERDOG
  A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained. 2. (Zoöl.)

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