water-bladder

Of one of his 'miserable enemies' he says: 'The chief one is the water-bladder N., who defies

Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

Not only the ecclesiastical, but also the secular heads of Christendom came in for the coarsest abuse; "swine" and "water-bladder" are not the strongest epithets employed.

German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890

'The chief one is the water-bladder N., who defies Heaven with his high stomach, and has renounced the gospel.

Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881

It is occasioned by the weight of the womb pressing on the neck of the water-bladder; this pressure prevents the water from flowing from the bladder at those periods when nature requires the evacuation.

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849

That sound was explained directly, for just below me a couple of bheesties, as they are called, were bending low beneath the great water-skins they carried upon their backs, while each held one of the legs of the animal's skin, which had been formed into a huge water-bladder, and was directing from it a tiny spout which flashed in the sun as he gave it a circular motion by a turn of his wrist, and watered the heated marble floor of the court, forming a ring or chain-like pattern as he went on.

Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East George Manville Fenn 1870