Vocabulary : Water gilding to Water hen

Water gilding : 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 : A clepsydra. ;; An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places. ;; A water gauge for a steam boiler. ;; See Soluble glass, under Glass.
Water god : A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.
Water grass : A tall march perennial grass (Paspalum dilatatum) of the southern United States and the American tropics. ;; Manna grass. ;; The grass Chloris elegans. ;; Velvet grass. ;; The water cress. ;; One of various horsetails.
Water gruel : A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.

Water hammer : A metal hammer used when heated, as by dipping in hot water, to blister the skin, as for counterritation. ;; A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer. ;; A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.
Water hare : A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.
Water hemlock : A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. ;; A poisonous plant (/nanthe crocata) resembling the above.
Water hemp : See under Hemp.
Water hen : Any gallinule. ;; The common American coot.

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