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The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.

Pertaining to water growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.

Inhabiting the water. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.

A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

Wateriness. [Obs.]

Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. The aqueous vapor of the air. Tyndall.

Wateriness.

Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.

Having the form of water.

Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.

Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey.

The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

A large fresh-water food fish of South America.

all fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.

r Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the u…

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]

oat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

An inlet of water from the sea.