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The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.

res, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

latting with twigs; also, the network so formed. Made with a wattling of canes or sticks. Dampier.

The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.

To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. Milton.

Joined in wedlock; married. Let wwedded dame. Pope.

A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.

l's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.

Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." Milton.

arves into the sea. Bancroft. Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher, lord and dame. Tennyson.

in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively. God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou Gen. iii. 9.

ermined by an act of volition; to direct; to order. [Obs. or R.] They willed me say so, madam. Shak. Send for music, And will the cooks to use their best of cunning To please the palate. Beau. & Fl. As you go, will the lord mayor . . . To attend our further pleasure presently. J. Webster.

Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste. Dampier.

mployment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage. I wolde it do withouten negligence. Chaucer. Wise men will do it without a law. Bacon. Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction. Addison. There is no livin…

hing made by manual labor. Not any skilled in workmanship embossed. Spenser. By how much Adam exceeded all men in perfection, by being the immediate workmanship of God. Sir W. Raleigh.

Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.

To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck. Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked. Shak.

to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

ept in archaic or humorous writings. [Spelt also yclept.] It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer. But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. Milton. Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb.

To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton.