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Schooles, 200. Innes, 400. wa ter-miles, 600, water-Conduits, 700. Temples and Oratories. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 47. water-mint (water-mint), n. The bergamot mint, Mentha aquatic a , an herb of wet places in Europe and Asiatic Ru ia, naturalized in other localities, growing sparingly in the eastern United States. It affords a perfumers' oil. The water-mint or brook-mint of early usage was M. sylvestris . See mint2 . Those which perfume the air most delightfully, not pa ed by as the rest, but being trodden upon and crushed, are three - that is, burnet, wild thyme, and water - mints . Bacon , Gardens (ed. 1887), p. 444. water-mite (water-mīt), mite of the family Hydrachnidæ ; a water-tick. See Hy drachnidæ, and cut under Hydrachna. Also called water - spider . water-moccasin (water-mok"a-sin), n. A water-adder: a name applied with little discrimination in the United States to several species of aquatic snakes; properly, the venomous Toxicophis or An cist rod on piscivorus , with which the harmle Trop i do not us (or Nerodia ) siped on is sometimes confounded. See water snake , and cut under moccasin . water-mole (water-mol), n. 1. A desman; a member of the genus Myogale . See cut under desman.-2. The duck-mole, or duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus paradox us . See cut under duckbill . IMG:content-2128.png:[blocks in formation] a , case supported on legs; b, gate-valve for regulating flow; c , buckets or floats attached to the outer margin of a disk keyed to the shaft of the band-wheel fs. The buckets play in an annular enlargement e of the case as they receive the impact of the stream flowing through b . The water is discharged at d . used. Another form, employing the pre ure of a large body of water to raise a smaller quantity, is called a wa ter-pre ure pump , but is e entially a water-motor used as a pump. water-mouse (water-mous), n. An Australian murine rodent of the genus Hydromys and subfamily Hydro my inæ. See cut under beaver rat. - White-bellied water-mouse. See white - bellied . - Yellow-bellied water-mouse. See yellow - bellied . water-murrain (water-mur"ān), n. A disease among cattle. water-net (water-net), n . See Hydro dicty on . water-newt (water-nut), n. An aquatic newt; a triton. See cuts under newt and axolotl . water-nixy (water-niksi), n. [After G. was ser nixe; nix1 .] A water-spirit; an elf inhabiting the water. The shallowne of a water nixie's soul may have a charm until she becomes didactic. George Eliot , Middle march, lxiv. water-nut (water-nut), n. The large edible seed of plants of the genus Trapa , or the plant itself: also called Singhara nut. See cut under Trapa . water-nymph (water-nimf), n . 1. A Naiad.2. A plant of the genus Naias .-3. The water lily, my, Castalia ( Nymphæa ). water-oak (water-ōk), n. 1. In bot . , an oak, Quercus aquatic a , of the southern United States, most common and best developed along streams in the eastern Gulf States. Its wood is heavy, hard, and coarse-grained, and does not appear to be used except for fuel. Also duck- , po um- , 2. Same as pin - oak . or punk - oak .-2. water-oats (water-ōts), n. pl. See Indian The rice (a), under ricel . water-opo um (water-ō-pos"um), n. South American yapok. See cut under yapok , water-ordeal (water-ôr" de-al), n . See ordeal , 1. water-organ (water-organ), n. See hydraulic organ, under organ1 . See ouzel . water-ouzel (water-ö"zl), n . water-oven (water-uv"n), n. In chem., an oven surrounded on all sides but the front or top with a chamber of boiling water or steam, used for drying chemical preparations, etc. water-ox (water-oks), n .; pl. water - oxen (-oks"n). The water-cow.