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The water spider.

A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.

An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.

See under Starwort.

A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.

A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.

A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.

n the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in charge in a fireroom. He "tends" water to the boilers, sees that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is also a rating of chief water tender, who is a chief petty officer.

A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39º Fahr., or 4º Centigrade; and from that point down to 32º Fahr., or 0º Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.

A pirate. [R.] Shak.

The European water ousel.

See Anacharis.

Same as Water mite.

A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle.

The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.

A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.

A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.

The buck bean.

A tuyère kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.