| Apollinaris water |
An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
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| Napha water |
A perfume distilled from orange flowers. |
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| Rose water |
Water tinctured with roses by distillation. |
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| Rose-water |
Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. |
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| Selters water |
A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid. |
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| Seltzer water |
See Selters water. |
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| Spurn-water |
A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. |
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| Strong-water |
An acid. |
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| Strong-water |
Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor. |
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| Surfeit |
Excess in eating and drinking. |
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| Surfeit |
Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking. |
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| Surfeit |
Disgust caused by excess; satiety. |
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| Surfeit |
To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess. |
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| Surfeit |
To indulge to satiety in any gratification. |
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| Surfeit |
To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets. |
v. t. |
| Surfeit |
To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. |
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| Tail-water |
Water in a tailrace. |
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| Vichy water |
A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy. |
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| Water |
The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. |
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| Water |
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. |
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