Defn: The common American gallinule.
WATER CHICKWEED
Wa"ter chick"weed`. (Bot.)
Defn: A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.
WATER CHINQUAPIN
Wa"ter chin"qua*pin. (Bot.)
Defn: The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
WATER CLOCK
Wa"ter clock`.
Defn: An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
WATER-CLOSET
Wa"ter-clos`et, n.
Defn: A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
WATER COCK
Wa"ter cock`. (Zoöl.)