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adjective

Watery adj.

Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The watery god." "Fish within their watery residence."

Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.

Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors. "The oily and watery parts of the aliment."

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

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Etymology of 'Watery'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... watery way Some hours beyond the droop of day, Still I found pacing there the twain Just as slowly, just as sadly, Heedless of the night and rain. One could but wonder who they were And what wild ...

— Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with - Miscellaneous Pieces • Thomas Hardy

... moisture is not the tallow or fat of animals, but an oily and balsamous substance; for the fat and tallow, as also the phlegm or watery parts, are cold; whereas the oily and balsamous parts are of a lively heat and spirit, which accounts for the observation of Aristotle, 'Quod omne animal ...

— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne

... is thin, convex or later expanded, of a watery appearance, nearly smooth or scurfy or slightly squamulose. The spores are rounded, and possess spine-like processes, or are prominently roughened. In the warty character of the spores this species differs from most of the species of the genus Clitocybe, and some writers place it in a different ...

— Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. • George Francis Atkinson

... believed to be the case. But it appears from more recent enquiries that the solvent power of the atmosphere depends solely upon the caloric contained in it. Sometimes the watery vapour diffused in the atmosphere is but imperfectly dissolved, as is the case in the formation of clouds and fogs; but if it gets into a region sufficiently ...

— Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 • Jane Marcet

... by love grew vigorously in the prime of life; but yet at another time, separated by evil Strife, they wander each in different directions along the breakers of the sea of life. Just so is it with plants, and with fishes dwelling in watery halls, and beasts whose lair is in the mountains, and ...

— A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

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