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in the Highlands. Their tartan (1729) consisted of dark blue and dark green, and was called black from the contrast which their dark cartans furnished to the scarlet and white of the other regiments. Watchet Sky-blue. (Anglo-Saxon, waadchet, probably dye of the woad plant) Water (See Dancing Water .) Water Blood thicker than water. (See under Blood .) Nympha pudica Deam vidit et erubuit.To back water. To row backwards in order to reverse the forward motion of a boat in rowing. To carry water to the river. To carry coals to Newcastle. In French, Porter de l'eau à la rivière. To fish in troubled water. The French saying is, Pêcher en eau troubé, i.e. Profiter des époques de trouble et de révolution pour faire ses affaires et as fortune. (Hilaire Le Gai.) To hold water. That won't hold water. That is not correct; it is not tenable. It is a vessel which leaks. To keep one's head above water. To remain out of debt. When immersed in water, while the head is out of water, one is not drowned. To throw cold water on a scheme. To discourage the proposal; to speak of it slightingly. |
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