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watery (iou)



watery adjective. Also watry.

Of land etc.: full of water, damp, well-watered. Of clouds, weather, etc.: rainy, wet. OE.
b. Covered with water; positioned or built in or near water. Chiefly poet. L16.
Resembling water in consistency; thin, (excessively) fluid; (of Food etc.) containing too much water, flavourless. OE.
I. Murdoch A bottomless morass of watery mud and weed. C. Brayfield Rows of watery English lettuces.
Of speech, style, a person, etc.: vapid, uninteresting, insipid. ME.
Times Literary Supplement A watery but harmless story of London society. D. Lodge Marjorie..gave a watery smile in acknowledgement.
Resembling water in appearance or colour; (of colour, sunshine, etc.) pale; (of the sky etc.) rainy-looking, overcast. LME.
K. Waterhouse The sun was still out, in a watery sort of way.
Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting water; aquatic; (of a portent, season, etc.) heralding or bringing rain. Now rare. LME.
T. Gray She mew'd to ev'ry watry God.
Of the eyes etc.: suffused with tears, tearful; running with or exuding moisture. LME.
R. J. Graves His eyes became very red, watery, and intolerant of light.
Of the Nature or consisting of water. Now chiefly arch. & literary. LME.
watery grave, watery tomb the bottom of the sea etc. as a place where a person lies drowned.
J. Purseglove The river Blackwater..forms the watery gulf between northern and southern Ireland.
b. Of a chemical extract or solution: made with water, aqueous. E19.
Heraldry. = UNDEE. L15.
waterily adverb L19.
wateriness noun (a) watery constituent or element, aqueous matter in a liquid or solid; (b) the state of being watery, watery quality or Nature: LME.

flush(5) (iou)



flush noun2. E16.
[Rel. to FLUSH verb1.]
I.
A sudden rush of water, esp. as caused for a specific purpose. E16.
b. The stream from a mill-wheel. E19.
A (sudden) abundance or rush (of anything); esp. (a) a rush of emotion, elation produced by Success, victory, etc., (b) a fresh growth (of grass etc.), freshness, vigour. Freq. in the first flush, in full flush. E16.
J. T. Story You do things in the early flush of Marriage that you prefer to forget later on. P. V. White Let me bring you the roses..There's such a flush. D. Attenborough The frogs feast on the great flush of insects that have..come with the rain.
b. A flight of birds suddenly started up. L16.
The action of or a device for cleansing a drain, water-closet, etc., by flushing. L19.
flush lavatory, flush toilet, etc.
C. Beaton Her lavatory..equipped with a gold handle which one pulled..to bring about a discreetly gurgling flush of water. attrib.:
II.
A glow of light or colour; esp. (a rush of blood causing) a reddening of the face, neck, etc. M17.
hectic flush: occurring in some wasting diseases. hot flush: see HOT adjective.
A. Guinness I felt an angry flush beginning to rise to my face.