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An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider.
A water mite.
Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider.
The water spider.
A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.
An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
See under Starwort.
A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.
A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.
A pirate.
A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis).
The European water ousel.
The pied wagtail.
See Anacharis.
Same as Water mite.
A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle.
The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil.
A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.