Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Water: a word designating various spirituous waters, particularly perfumes and cordials; it also enters into several French heraldic phrases.
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Examples
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„ bed covers not excepted You will be plyed on the quay by failors, fome belonging to the Diligencepar eau y fome to the Cache par eau% that. is* the Diligence by. water, and the coach by water; But by all means prefer the Dili - gence, as you are lure of better company* and quicker paflage.
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Roughly translated into 'castle of water', the chateau de l'eau is an enormous silver water tower that sits up high on a plateau overlooking Moussoro.
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Roughly translated into 'castle of water', the chateau de l'eau is an enormous silver water tower that sits up high on a plateau overlooking Moussoro.
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Perhaps the main color would be bluegreen, the shade they called eau de NO although it was not a bit like the muddy water of the Nile.
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Who is that exquisite creature in eau de nil satin?
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Brownie, still protesting, had been put on her bed with a handkerchief steeped in eau-de-Cologne on her throbbing forehead, and Norah had returned to the kitchen to varied occupations.
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To wash the feet first in eau de Cologne is most refreshing.
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The pool staff fancy a lie-in themselves and a caca dans l’eau is a sure-fire way of turning people away with no insistence!
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In northern Europe, where it is too cold to grow grapes, a distilled spirit called eau de vie is made from fruit.
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In northern Europe, where it is too cold to grow grapes, a distilled spirit called eau de vie is made from fruit.
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