Water fox
(Wa"ter fox`) (Zoöl.) The carp; — so called on account of its cunning. Walton.
Water frame
(Wa"ter frame`) A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water
power.
Water furrow
(Wa"ter fur"row) (Agric.) A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping
the surface soil dry.
Water-furrow
(Wa"ter-fur"row), v. t. To make water furrows in.
Water gage
(Wa"ter gage`) See Water gauge.
Water gall
(Wa"ter gall`)
1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.
These water galls, in her dim element,
Foretell new storms to those already spent.
Shak.
False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the water gall by the rainbow.
Walpole. Water gang
(Wa"ter gang`) (O. E. Law) A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall,
to drain water out of marshes. Burrill.
Water gas
(Wa"ter gas`) (Chem.) See under Gas.
Water gate
(Wa"ter gate`) A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
Water gauge
(Wa"ter gauge`) [Written also water gage.]
1. A wall or bank to hold water back. Craig.
2. An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height
of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.
Water gavel
(Wa"ter gav"el) (O. Eng. Law) A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some
river or water.
Water germander
(Wa"ter ger*man"der) (Bot.) A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy
places in Europe.
Water gilding
(Wa"ter gild"ing) The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them
with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; — called also wash
gilding.
Water glass
(Wa"ter glass`) (Chem.) See Soluble glass, under Glass.
Water god
(Wa"ter god`) (Myth.) A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of
water.
Water gruel
(Wa"ter gru"el) A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous
substance, boiled and seasoned.
Water hammer
(Wa"ter ham"mer) (Physics)
