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John Taylor, Works (1630). ( Nares.) water-cat (wa'tėr-kat), n. The nair, or Oriental otter, Lutra nair, translating a Mahratta name. 2. See Vallisneria . water-cell (water-sel), п. 1. One of several diverticula of the paunch of the camel, serving to store up water. See water - bag , 1. These, the so-called water -cells, serve to strain off from the contents of the paunch, and to retain in store, a considerable quantity of water. Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 328. 2. A voltaic cell in which the liquid is pure water. water-centiped (wâ'tėr-sen"ti-ped),n. The dobson or hellgrammite. See cut under sprawler . [U. S.] water-charger (water-chär"jėr), n. A device for filling the water-pa ages of a pump, so that it may act promptly when started. water-chat (water-chat), n. 1. A bird of the family Henicuridæ .-2. A South American tyrant-flycatcher of the subfamily Fluvicolinæ , of which there are many genera and species; a water-cap. See cut under Fluvicola . water-check (water-chek), n. A check-valve for regulating a supply of water, as in the Gifford injector. E. H. Knight. water-chestnut (water-ches" nut), n. Trapa . See water-chevrotain (water-shevro-tān), n. An aquatic African traguline, Hyomoschus aquati cus , belonging to the family Tragulidæ , and thus related to the kanchil and napu. water-chicken (water-chiken), n. The common gallinule, Gallinula galeata. Ralph and Bagg , 1886. [Oneida county, New York.] water-chickweed (water-chikwed), n. A small, smooth, and green tufted herb, Mon tia fontana , found throughout Europe, in northern Asia, from arctic America down the west coast to California, and in the Andes to their southern extremity. Also blinking - chickweed (which see). - 2. A name for Call i tri che verna and Stellar i a ( Malachium ) aquatic a . 1. water-chinkapin (water-ching"ka-pin), n. The American nelumbo, Nelumbo lutea , or primarily its edible nut-like seed: so named from the resemblance of the seeds to chinkapins. They are borne immersed in pits in the large top-shaped receptacle. Also wankapin , yonco pin. water-cicada (water-si-kāda), n . A water boatman. See water-clam (water-klam), n. A bivalve of the family Spondylidæ ; a thorn-oyster. cut under Spondyl us . water-clock (water-klok), n. A clepsydra. A clepsydra, or water clock , which played upon Flutes the hours of the night at a time when they could not be seen on the index. Dr. Burney , Hist. Music, I. 512. water-closet (wâ'tèr-klozet), n. A privy having some contrivance for carrying off the discharges through a waste-pipe below by the agency of water. water-cock (water-kok), n. The kora, Galli crex cristata, a large dark gallinule of India, Ceylon, Java, and islands eastward, horned with a red caruncle on top of the head. water-colly (wa'ter-koli), n. The water-ouzel, Cinclus aquatic us . [Prov. Eng.] water-color (water-kulor), n. 1. Painting, especially artistic painting, with pigments for which water and not oil is used as a solvent.2. A pigment adapted or prepared for painting in this method. Some fine colour that may please the eye Of fickle changelings and poor discontents;... And never yet did insurrection want Such water - colours to impaint his cause. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 1. 80. Water-colours are sold in four forms, in cakes, pastilles, pans, and tubes. Hamerton , Graphic Arts, xxii. 3. A painting executed by this method, or with pigments of this kind. The Art Galleries opened every year, and, besides the National Gallery, there were the Society of British Artists, the Exhibition of Water Colours , and the British Institution in Pall Mall. W. Besant , Fifty Years Ago, p. 135.