Wa"ter hog` (?). (Zoöl.) The capybara.
Wa"ter hore"hound` (?). (Bot.) Bugleweed.
Wa"ter*horse` (?), n. A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
Wa"ter hy"a*cinth (?). (Bot.) Either of several tropical aquatic plants
of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
Wa"ter ice` (?). Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as
a confection.
Wa"ter*ie (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pied wagtail; — so called because it
frequents ponds.
Wa"ter inch` (?). Same as Inch of water, under Water.
Wa"ter*i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being watery; moisture;
humidity.
Wa"ter*ing, a. & n. from Water, v.
Watering call (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry
soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. —
Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water. — Watering place. (a) A
place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b)
A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the
sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for
bathing, recreation, boating, etc. - - Watering pot. (a) A kind of
bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, — used for watering
flowers, paths, etc. (b) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of marine
bivalve shells of the genus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are
small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which
incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a
convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling
the rose of a watering pot. — Watering trough, a trough from which
cattle, horses, and other animals drink.
Wa"ter*ish, a. [AS. wæterisc.] 1. Resembling water; thin; watery.
Feed upon such nice and waterish diet.
Shak.