watery

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:21:49

Wa"ter*y (?), a. [AS. waeterig.]

1.

Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

"The watery god." Dryden. "Fish within their watery residence." Milton.

2.

Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.

3.

Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.

The oily and watery parts of the aliment. Arbuthnot.

4.

Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

 

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