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A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons using the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted water.

• WATERCEMENT
  Hydraulic cement.
• Unitarianism
  The doctrines of Unitarians.
• WATERSOAK
  To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.
• Water chicken
  The common American gallinule.
• Water plate
  A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
• Certainty
  The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
• WATERDECK
  A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. Wilhelm.
• Unitize
  To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.
• WATERTHYME
  See Anacharis.
• Water deck
  A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.
• Water rat
  The water vole. See under Vole.
• Dairying
  The business of conducting a dairy.
• WATERFLEA
  Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
• Usefulness
  The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
• WATERVOLE
  See under Vole.
• 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.
• Infecter
  One who, or that which, infects.
• WATERHARE
  A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.
• Ustorious
  Having the quality of burning.

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