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ADULTERATE |
Water down |
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DILUTE |
Water down |
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BOB |
Move up and down (in water) |
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FECULA |
Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply
breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. |
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DEGRADATION |
A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and
banks, by the action of water, frost etc. |
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HYDRACRYLIC |
Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of
lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water. |
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POPPLE |
To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a
cork on rough water; also, to bubble. |
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TORRENT |
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream
suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. |
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JIGGING |
The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a
jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. |
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DOCK |
The slip or water way extending between two piers or
projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including
the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. |
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FALL |
Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down
a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the
singular; as, the falls of Niagara. |
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SLUICEWAY |
An artificial channel into which water is let by a
sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so
that logs, lumber, o... |
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SALT |
...-- originally
prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, --
whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now fro... |
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FLUME |
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the
water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for
hydraulic or p... |
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TROMP |
... upper part
of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is
carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which ... |
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CATOPTROMANCY |
A species of divination, which was performed by
letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face
in it. If his countenan... |
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WATER THERMOMETER |
A thermometer filled with water instead of
mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water
attains its maximum density. This i... |
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SHOOT |
...down which
timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either
natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes ra... |
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WATER SPIDER |
...hich
constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It
lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a divin... |
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TEMPERING |
...g the article, when heated
to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of
hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the h... |