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See under Gas.
A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted,
prevented, or regulated.
A wall or bank to hold water back.
An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or
quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in
the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.
A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in
some river or water.
A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy
places in Europe.
The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces
by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then
volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding.
See Soluble glass, under Glass.
A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over,
some body of water.
A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of
meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air,
and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being
unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like
that of a hammer.
A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as
against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.
A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found
on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
water rabbit, and swamp hare.
A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of
Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus.
A poisonous plant (/nanthe crocata) resembling the
above.
See under Hemp.
Any gallinule.
The common American coot.
The capybara.
Bugleweed.