English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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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.