قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

The draining off of water.

The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.

A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.

The osprey.

The guelder-rose.

The hippopotamus.

An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.

Alt. of Water feather-foil

The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.

A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.

A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

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.

The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).

The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.

A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.

See Water gauge.

A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.

A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.

A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.