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20, 1668-9. ( Davies.) water-bailiff (water-bā"lif), n. 1. A customhouse officer in a port town whose duty is to search ships. Out of patience with the whole tribe of custom-house 2. A former officer of the London corporation who saw to the observance of the statutes and by-laws applicable to the river Thames.—3. See water - bailiff , under bailiff . water-balance (water-balans), n . An old form of water-raising apparatus, consisting of a series of troughs one above another, supported in a hanging frame, and oscillating like a pendulum. As the frame swings, the water dipped by the lowest trough runs into that next above, and in the return motion it is emptied in turn from that into the next above again, and so on. E. H. Knight. water-bar (water-bär), n. A ridge cro ing a hill or mountain road, and leading aside water flowing down the road. They... were descending, with careful reining in and bearing back, the steep, long plunges - for these mountain roads are like cataract beds, and travellers are like the falling water-where the only break and safety were the water - bars , humping up acro the way at frequent intervals. Mrs. Whitney, Odd or Even? xiii. water-barometer (water-ba-rom"e-tėr), n . A barometer in which water is substituted for mercury. See barometer . If a long pipe, closed at one end only, were emptied of air, filled with water, the open end kept in water, and the pipe held upright, the water would rise in it nearly twenty-eight feet. In this way water barometers have been made. Fitz Roy , Weather Book, p. 12. water-barrel (wâʼtėr-bar"el), п . 1. A water cask.-2. In mining , a large wrought-iron barrel with a self-acting valve in the bottom, used in drawing water where there are no pumps. [South Staff ords hire, Eng.] water-barrow (water-bar"ō), n. A two wheeled barrow carrying a tank, often swung on trunnions, used by gardeners and others; a water-barrel. E. H. Knight. water-basil (water-baz"il), n. In gem- cutting , a uniform bevel cut around the top of a stone, after the grinding of the upper flat table. water-bath (water-bath), n. 1. A bath composed of water, in contradistinction to a vapor bath.-2. In chem . , a ve el containing water which is heated to a certain temperature, over a 등유의 Water-baths of various forms (A, B, C), with adjustable rings ( a , b, c ) , to receive ve els of different sizes. B and C are arranged to have a constant water-supply. which chemical preparations or solutions are placed in suitable ve els to be digested, evapo- rated, or dried at the given temperature.-3. Same as bain - marie . water-battery (water-bat"èr-i), n. 1. In elect. See battery . -2. In fort . , a battery nearly on a level with the water. water-beadlet (water-bē"dl), n. A water- bailiff (?).