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Webster 1913 Edition


Watery

Wa′ter-y

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Watery

WATERY

,
Adj.
1.
Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as watery humors.
The oily and watery parts of the aliment.
2.
Tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless; as watery turneps.
3.
Wet; abounding with water; as watery land; watery eyes.
4.
Pertaining to water; as the watery god.
5.
Consisting of water; as a watery desert.