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.)