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A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.

• Water carriage
  Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
• WATERRICE
  Indian rice. See under Rice.
• Water piet
  The water ousel.
• Whereso
  Wheresoever.
• Collectedness
  A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
• Water course
  A stream of water; a river or brook.
• WATERSPRITE
  A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.
• Waterproof
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• PLACEPROUD
  Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
• Drivelled
  of Drivel
• Water drainage
  The draining off of water.
• WATERTREE
  A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.
• Water rocket
  A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
• WATERBELLOWS
  Same as Tromp.
• Placemen
  of Placeman
• 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.
• WHEELBASE
  The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, etc., with the surface or rails on which they run; more esp., the length of this figure between the points of contact of the two extreme wheels on either side.
• Water soldier
  An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
• WATERCAVY
  The capybara.

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