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The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.

languages, and customs . . . had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. C. Kingsley. Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.

al inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. -- Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive f…

A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.

Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. Evening cloud, or humid bow. Milton.

Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.] All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman.

Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.

An abnormally watery state of the blood; anæmia.

An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

Containing water; watery.

S2O6, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also dithionic acid. See Dithionic.

A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing a…

A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.

Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.

To stuff; to swell. [Obs.] The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. Sir T. Elyot.

Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.] The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton.