1. 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.
2. A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing
it.
Water hare
(Wa"ter hare) (Zoöl.) 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.
Water hemlock
(Wa"ter hem"lock) (Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also,
any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant (&OElignanthe crocata) resembling the
above.
Water hemp
(Wa"ter hemp`) (Bot.) See under Hemp.
Water hen
(Wa"ter hen`)
1. (Zoöl.) Any gallinule.
2. (Zoöl.) The common American coot.
Water hog
(Wa"ter hog`) (Zoöl.) The capybara.
Water horehound
(Wa"ter hore"hound`) (Bot.) Bugleweed.
Waterhorse
(Wa"ter*horse`) n. A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
Water hyacinth
(Wa"ter hy"a*cinth) (Bot.) Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia,
related to the pickerel weed.
Water ice
(Wa"ter ice`) Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
Waterie
(Wa"ter*ie) n. (Zoöl.) The pied wagtail; — so called because it frequents ponds.
Water inch
(Wa"ter inch`) Same as Inch of water, under Water.
Wateriness
(Wa"ter*i*ness) n. The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.
Watering
(Wa"ter*ing), a. & n. from Water, v.
Watering call (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose
of watering their horses. — Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water. — Watering place. (a) A
place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there are springs
of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for
bathing, recreation, boating, etc. - - Watering pot. (a) A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated
nozzle, — used for watering flowers, paths, etc. (b) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of marine bivalve
shells of the genus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious
calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex
disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot. — Watering
trough, a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink.
Waterish
(Wa"ter*ish), a. [AS. wæterisc.]
1. Resembling water; thin; watery.
Feed upon such nice and waterish diet.
Shak.
