water qualm (waterkwam)

Pyrosis. water-quenched (wa'ter-kwencht), a. Cooled by immersion in water: a term frequently used in speaking of tempering steel and similar oper ations. water-quintain (water-kwin"tān), n. The sport of tilting at the quintain by a person standing in a boat, which was rowed rapidly past. If the tilter was not sufficiently alert, the return of the quintain threw him into the water. 1. The common water-rabbit (water-rabit), n. The swamphare of the lower Mi i ippi valley, Lepus aquatic us. See cut under swamp - hare. water-radish (water-radish), n. A tall watercre , Nasturtium amphibium, of wet places in turtium are also so named. Also radish. the northern Old World. Other species of Nas water-rail (water-ral), n. rail of Europe, Rallus aquatic us, as distinguished from land-rail, Crex pratensis; any species of Rallus. 2. The European gallinule, Gallinula chloropus, the water-hen or moor-hen. [Local, Eng.] water-ram (water-ram), n. A machine for raising water: same as hydraulic ram (which see, under hydraulic ). water-ranny (water-rani), n. 1t. The short tailed field-mouse. Hall i well. - 2. Properly, the water-shrew.