Word Meanings - EPSOMSALTSEPSOMSALT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.
- Water battery
A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. - Watermelon
The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a n - WATERPENNYWORT
Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh. - Water bridge
See Water table. - Water ordeal
Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1. - WATERBELLOWS
Same as Tromp. - WATERPURSLANE
See under Purslane. - Water chicken
The common American gallinule. - Water plate
A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. - WATERCAVY
The capybara. - Water deck
A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. - Water rat
The water vole. See under Vole. - WATERCRESS
A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic. - Epsomite
Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt. - Waterfall
A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract. - Water screw
A screw propeller. - WATERFEATHERWATERFEATHERFOIL
The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata. - WATERSPRITE
A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.
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