Part 589

<hw>A*qua"ri*us</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aquarius</ets>, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr. <ets>aqua</ets>. See <er>Aqua</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A constellation south of Pegasus.</def>

<h1>Aquatic</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*quat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aquaticus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>aquatique</ets>. See <er>Aqua</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to water growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; <as>as, <ex>aquatic</ex> plants and fowls</as>.</def>

<h1>Aquatic</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*quat`ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An aquatic animal or plant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.</def>

<h1>Aquatical</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*quat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Aquatic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Aquatile</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Aq"ua*tile</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aquatilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>aquatile</ets>.]</ety> <def>Inhabiting the water.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Aquatint, Aquatinta</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw><hw>A"qua*tint</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A`qua*tin"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>acquatinta</ets> dyed water; <ets>acqua</ets> (L. <ets>aqua</ets>) water + <ets>tinto</ets>, fem. <ets>tinta</ets>, dyed. See <er>Tint</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.</def>

<h1>Aqueduct</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Aq"ue*duct</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>aqueduc</ets>, OF. <ets>aqueduct</ets> (Cotgr.), fr. L. <ets>aquaeductus</ets>; <ets>aquae</ets>, gen. of <ets>aqua</ets> water + <ets>ductus</ets> a leading, <ets>ducere</ets> to lead. See <er>Aqua</er>, <er>Duke</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.</def>

<note>&hand; The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an <i>aqueduct bridge</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A canal or passage; <as>as, the <ex>aqueduct</ex> of <ex>Sylvius</ex>, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain</as>.</def>

<h1>Aqueity</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*que"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Wateriness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Aqueous</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A"que*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>aqueux</ets>, L. <ets>aquosus</ets>, fr. <ets>aqua</ets>. See <er>Aqua</er>, <er>Aquose</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>aqueous</b> vapor of the air. <i>Tyndall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Made from, or by means of, water.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>aqueous</b> deposit. <i>Dana.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Aqueous extract</col>, <cd>an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.</cd> -- <col>Aqueous humor</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See <er>Eye</er>.)</cd> -- <col>Aqueous rocks</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to <i>volcanic<i> rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also <i>sedimentary<i> rocks.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aqueousness</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A`que*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Wateriness.</def>

<h1>Aquiferous</h1> <Xpage=76>