Wa"ter cart` (?). A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for
sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.
Wa"ter ca"vy (?). (Zoöl.) The capybara.
Wa"ter cel"er*y (?). (Bot.) A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus)
growing in ditches and wet places; — called also cursed crowfoot.
Wa"ter cell` (?). A cell containing water; specifically (Zoöl.), one of
the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a
camel.
Wa"ter ce*ment" (?). Hydraulic cement.
Wa"ter chest"nut (?). (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa
bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed
with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; — called
also water caltrop.
Wa"ter chev`ro*tain" (?). (Zoöl.) A large West African chevrotain
(Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the
other allied species. Called also water deerlet.
Wa"ter chick"en (?). (Zoöl.) The common American gallinule.
Wa"ter chick"weed` (?). (Bot.) A small annual plant (Montia fontana)
growing in wet places in southern regions.
Wa"ter chin"qua*pin (?). (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible
seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
Wa"ter clock` (?). An instrument or machine serving to measure time by
the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
Wa"ter-clos`et (?), n. A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a
contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
Wa"ter cock` (?). (Zoöl.) A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus)
native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season
the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of
its head. Called also kora.
Wa"ter col`or (?). (Paint.) 1. A color ground with water and gum or
other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; — so
called in distinction from oil color.
It preserves its consistency when dried in a solid cake, which is used
by rubbing off a portion on a moistened palette. Moist water colors are
water colors kept in a semifluid or pasty state in little metal tubes
or pans.