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A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.

• 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.
• WATERGAGE
  See Water gauge.
• WATERWITHE
  A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
• Water gas
  See under Gas.
• Water sprite
  A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.
• WATERHYACINTH
  Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
• Waterhorse
  A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
• Water tower
  A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
• WATERLOCUST
  A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
• Water lemon
  The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.
• Water wheel
  Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an i
• WATERNYMPH
  A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides. 2. (Bot.)
• 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
• WATERBAROMETER
  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.
• WATERPLANTAIN
  A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.
• Water bridge
  See Water table.
• Water ordeal
  Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.
• WATERBRIDGE
  See Water table.

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