Vocabulary : Water starwort to Water thyme

Water starwort : See under Starwort.
Water supply : A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
Water tabby : A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
Water table : The upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water. The water table may be within a few inches of the surface or many feet below it. ;; A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.
Water telescope : A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eye piece is water instead of air, used in some experiments in aberration. ;; A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.

Water tender : In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in charge in a fireroom. He "tends" water to the boilers, sees that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is also a rating of chief water tender, who is a chief petty officer.
Water thermometer : A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39 Fahr., or 4 Centigrade; and from that point down to 32 Fahr., or 0 Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.
Water thief : A pirate.
Water thrush : A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis). ;; The European water ousel. ;; The pied wagtail.
Water thyme : See Anacharis.

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