They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together

Ps. lxxxviii. 17. Lock of water. See lock1. - Low water, low tide. Set not her Tongue A going agen; Sh' as made more Noise than half a dozen Paper-mills; London-Bridge at a low Water is Silence to her. Etherege, Love in a Tub, i. 2. Low-water alarm. See alarm . - Low-water indicator. See indicator.- Low-water mark, the mark or limit of water at low tide; in a figurative sense, the lowest or a very low point or degree. Sometimes erroneously written low water - mark . I'm at low water - mark myself - only one bob and a magpie; but, as far as it goes, I'll fork out and stump. Dickens, Oliver Twist. Low-water slack, the time of slack water at the lowest stage of the tide, when the ebb has done and the flood has not yet made. Marienbad water, a mineral water from the spa of this name in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad. The water is used largely in gout, hemorrhoids, obesity, and liver troubles occurring as a result of high living, and also for chronic bronchitis, neuralgia, and cystitis. - Meteoric waters, mineral waters, north water. See the adjectives. - Oil on troubled waters, figuratively, anything done or used to mollify, a uage, or allay: from the smoothing effect of the pouring of oil upon breaking waves, a common resource of modern seamen. The efficacy of oil for such use was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans (see "Notes and Queries," 6th ser., III. 252), and the literal practice no doubt preceded the figurative saying.Orange-flower watert. Same as orange - water . - Oxygenated water. See oxygenate . - Persicot-water. See persicot . - Pilot's water. See pilot . - Poland Spring water, a water, very weak in mineral constituents, obtained from South Poland, Maine. It is employed chiefly as a table-water and as a diuretic in the treatment of chronic disorders of the urinary tract.-Potash-water. See potash . - Public, quick, quicksilver water. See the qualifying words. - Red water, bloody urine; hematuria. - Rich field Springs water, a sulphur water from the village of the same name in New York State, used largely in the treatment of rheumatism, skin-diseases, and chronic catarrhal affections of the respiratory tract.Rock bridge Alum Springs water, a tonic water, with astringent taste, obtained in the place of the same name in Virginia. It is employed in the treatment of skin-diseases and catarrhal disorders of the digestive and urinary tracts. Rosemary water. Same as Hungary water. Rubinat-Condal water, an aperient water, containing chiefly sodium sulphate, obtained from a spring in the Spanish Pyrenees. - Saratoga waters, various mineral waters, some po e ing tonic and others cathartic properties, obtained from Saratoga Springs, New York. They are used in the treatment of certain chronic skin-diseases, constipation, indigestion, and liver disorders, and in catarrhal conditions of the urinary and digestive tracts. Among the best-known of the springs are the Congre , Hathorn, High Rock, Geyser, Pavilion, Seltzer, and Vichy. -Sedative water. See sedative. - Selters water, a highly prized medicinal mineral water found at Nieder-Selters, a village in the province of He e-Na au in Pru ia. It contains a considerable quantity of sodium chlorid (common salt), and much smaller quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates. Also called Seltzer water.- Sharon Springs water, a sulphur water from Sharon Springs, New York. It is largely used in the treatment of diseases of the skin, chronic catarrhal conditions of the respiratory and digestive tract, gout, and rheumatism. - Silicious, slack, strong water. See the adjectives. - Soden water, saline chalybeate water from Soden in He e-Na au, Pru ia. It is used chiefly in the treatment of chronic catarrhal affections of the respiratory tract and in the early stages of pulmonary consumption. -Soft water. See def. 1.- Sweet water. (a) Fresh as opposed to salt water. See sweet , a., 8. (b) Glycerin, Workshop Receipts, 2d ser., p. 310.- Thermal waters, hot springs. To be in hot water. See hot1 . - To break water. (a) To appear upon the surface of the water to blow, as a whale making its rising. (b) To float to the surface, as any sunken object. - To cast oil on troubled waters. See oil on troubled waters , above. - To cast (a person's) water. See cast1 . - To cast water into the Thames, to perform unnece ary or usele labor (po ibly involving a play on the word Thames, suggesting temse , a sieve). It is to give him (quoth I) as much almes or neede As cast water in Tems , or as good a deede As it is to helpe a dogge over a stile. J. Heywood , Proverbs (ed. Sharman), p. 69. To hold water. See hold1 . - To make foul water. See foull. To make water. See makel . - To pour water on the hands. See hand. To take water. (a) To allow one's boat to fall into the wake of another boat, as in a race. Hence - (b) To weaken in a contest; back out or back down. [Slang.] - To throw cold water on. See cold. To tread water. See tread . - Troubled waters, a commotion; trouble; discord. See oil on troubled wa ters, above. Under water, below the surface of the water.- Vals water, sparkling alkaline water from Vals in southern France. It is used in dyspepsia, urinary disorders, affections of the liver, obesity, gout, and diseases of the skin. - Vichy water. (a) An alkaline water, containing minute quantities of iron and arsenic, obtained from numerous thermal springs in Vichy, France, and also artificially prepared. It is used in the treatment of chronic catarrhal affections of the intestinal and urinary tracts, gall-stones, lithemia, gout, and rheumatism. (b) A water of somewhat similar composition from the Vichy Spring in Saratoga, See Saratoga waters . - Water bewitched, water slightly flavored, as with liquor; any weak or greatly diluted decoction; figuratively, an insipid, tastele compound. Indeed, madam, your ladyship is very sparing of your tea; I protest, the last I took was no more than water bewitch'd. Swift , Polite Conversation, i. Water-check valve, in a steam-engine, an automatic valve which regulates the water-supply delivered by the feed-water pipe to the boiler. See check - valve . - Water cider. See cider . - Water damaged. Same as water bewitched. Hall i well . - Water in one's shoest, a source of discomfort or irritation to one. They care ed his lordship very much as a new comer, whom they were glad of the honour to meet, and talked about a time to dine with him; all which (as they say) was water in his shoes.