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81waterfront — /waw teuhr frunt , wot euhr /, n. 1. land on the edge of a body of water. 2. a part of a city or town on such land; wharf or dock section. 3. a container placed before a stove to heat water. [1760 70, Amer.; WATER + FRONT] * * * …
82Watergate — /waw teuhr gayt , wot euhr /, n. 1. a White House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break in at the Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate apartment office complex in Washington,… …
83water-harden — /waw teuhr hahr dn, wot euhr /, v.t. Metall. to quench (steel) in water. Cf. oil harden. * * * …
84waterhead — /waw teuhr hed , wot euhr /, n. 1. the source of a river or stream. 2. a body of water dammed up for irrigation, to supply a garden, etc. [1560 70; WATER + HEAD] * * * …
85water-inch — /waw teuhr inch , wot euhr /, n. Hydraulics. the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover …
86wateriness — /waw teuh ree nis, wot euh /, n. the state or condition of being watery or diluted. [1350 1400; ME; see WATERY, NESS] * * * …
87watering — /waw teuhr ing, wot euhr /, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that waters. 2. a watered appearance on silk or other fabric. adj. 3. supplying water or used to water. 4. pertaining to medicinal springs or to a seabathing resort. [bef. 1000; ME (n …
88water-jacket — /waw teuhr jak it, wot euhr /, v.t. to surround or fit with a water jacket. [1875 80] * * * …
89waterjet — /waw teuhr jet , wot euhr /, n. 1. a stream of water forced out through a small aperture. 2. Also, water jet. waterpick. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or operated by a waterjet: a waterjet pump. [1825 35; WATER + JET1] * * * …
90water-laid — /waw teuhr layd , wot euhr /, adj. Ropemaking. noting a rope laid left handed from three or four plain laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow. [1855 60] * * * …
