Word Meanings - WATER-FURROW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To make water furrows in.

• 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.
• WATERRET
  To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.
• Water chicken
  The common American gallinule.
• Water plate
  A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
• WATERCHINQUAPIN
  The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
• WATERSPINNER
  The water spider.
• Water deck
  A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.
• Water rat
  The water vole. See under Vole.
• WATERDRAIN
  A drain or channel for draining off water.
• WATERTOWER
  A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
• 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.

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