water ram

A machine for raising water; a hydraulic ram. IMG:content-0710.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ord. Lang.: A kind of firework to be discharged in the water. 2. Bot.: Sisymbrium sylvestre. water-room, s. Steam-eng.: The space in a steam-boiler occupied by water, as distinct from that which contains steam. water-rose, s. Bot.: Nymphœa alba; (2) Nuphar lutea. water-rot, v. t. To rot or ret by steeping in water. IMG:content-0711.png:[blocks in formation] Naut .: A sail set in very light airs and smooth water, below the lower studding-sail booms and next to the water. water-salamander, s. Zool.: A newt (q. v.).