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A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an
elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.
A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale)
growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are
pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.
The dipper.
The European coot.
An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis),
used as food for cattle in parts of England.
Hydropathy.
A hydropathic institution.
A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a
dragoon's horse.
A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are
destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks.
The water chevrotain.
See Water chevrotain.
The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus
piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.
A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American
water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
One who professes to be able to divine diseases by
inspection of the urine.
A physician who treats diseases with water; an
hydropathist.
A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve
waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so
trained.
The menobranchus.
A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.
A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
A drain or channel for draining off water.