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Scottish civil servant and naturalist
Sir Walter Elliot, KCSI (16 January 1803 – 1 March 1887) was a British civil servant in colonial India. He was also an eminent orientalist, linguist,
Walter_Elliot_(naturalist)
Topics referred to by the same term
Walter Elliot or Elliott may refer to: Walter Elliot (naturalist) (1803–1887), Scottish Indian civil servant and naturalist Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)
Walter_Elliot
Surname list
British Member of Parliament Walter Elliot (naturalist) (1803–1887), Scottish Indian civil servant and naturalist Walter Elliot (Scottish politician) (1888–1958)
Elliot_(surname)
Species of fish
Albert William Herre in 1944 who honoured the Scottish naturalist and ethnologist Walter Elliot (1803-1897) in its specific name. This species occurs in
Red-eye_threefin
British soldier
matches in 1871 and 1872. Elliot was born at Vizagapatam, India, the son of Walter Elliot (1803–1887), the Scottish naturalist, and Maria Dorothea Hunter
Edward_Hay_Mackenzie_Elliot
Scottish scientific society
maritime history, ethnography, archaeology and social history. Sir Walter Elliot, 'List of Field Clubs, being a continuation of the Address delivered
Orkney Natural History Society
Orkney_Natural_History_Society
American lawyer and politician (1920–1999)
Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald
Elliot_Richardson
Professional society dedicated to the biological sciences
The American Society of Naturalists (ASN) was founded in 1883 and is one of the oldest professional societies dedicated to the biological sciences in
American Society of Naturalists
American_Society_of_Naturalists
2013 American film
Holbrook as Judge Harden Tracey Walter as Mathias Simone Griffeth as Mrs. Stubbs, Lucy's mother Stratton Leopold as John Elliot Ward Annette Haywood-Carter
Savannah_(film)
Ethnic group; part Indian and part Scottish or of Scottish descent in India
Scottish Indian civilian Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot – British soldier Walter Elliot – Scottish naturalist Colin Mackenzie – Indian Army officer Norman
Scottish_Indian
Species of whale
by biologist Richard Owen in 1866, based on illustrations by naturalist Sir Walter Elliot. The species was considered to be synonymous with the pygmy sperm
Dwarf_sperm_whale
Royal Navy ship, sank 1878
crew of over 300, only two survived. Designed by Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, the second Eurydice was a very fast 26-gun frigate designed with a very
HMS_Eurydice_(1843)
Genus of birds
single species. The genus Haematopus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae to accommodate
Oystercatcher
Species of bird
wattled ploughbill was formally described in 1894 by the English naturalist Charles Walter De Vis. He introduced a new genus Eulacestoma and coined the binomial
Wattled_ploughbill
Genus of birds
pre-occupied as it had previous been introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek καλαμαια/kalamaia
Calamanthus
Species of bird
New Guinea. This bird is one of seven named in honour of the English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek, who collected many previously unknown birds and insects
Meek's_pygmy_parrot
Species of snake
The specific name or epithet, ellioti, is in honor of Scottish naturalist Walter Elliot. U. ellioti is found in southern India (Hills of Peninsular India
Uropeltis_ellioti
Species of mammal
anathaan (literally "bamboo squirrel") and the species name is after Sir Walter Elliot of the Indian Civil Services in Madras. This treeshrew is 16.0 to 18
Madras_treeshrew
Killing of a lion that lived in the Hwange National Park
incoming males". American Naturalist. 121 (5): 716–28. Bibcode:1983ANat..121..716P. doi:10.1086/284097. S2CID 84927815. Elliot, Nicholas B.; Valeix, Marion;
Killing_of_Cecil_the_lion
Australian conservationist (born 1998)
Australia Zoo with his wife Terri Irwin (née Raines; b. 1964), an American naturalist from Eugene, Oregon. Irwin's given name means "young girl" in Nyungar
Bindi_Irwin
pioneer of archaeozoology who studied fossils Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), English naturalist who gave the first scientific account of mimicry Patrick
List_of_biologists
Setting of works by Jane Austen
Sir Walter Elliot), as well as the behavior of those whose sole concern is to enrich themselves further (John Dashwood, General Tilney or Mr. Elliot); on
Jane Austen's literary universe
Jane_Austen's_literary_universe
Species of bird
[citation needed] The Pacific koel was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae. He
Pacific_koel
Ancient site in North Yorkshire, England
Whitby Naturalists Club. Whitby Naturalists Club. 1998. Retrieved 17 October 2013. "In The Beginning" (PDF). Annual Reports of the Whitby Naturalists Club
Wade's_Causeway
English naturalist, painter and etcher (1683–1749)
Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747, Catesby
Mark_Catesby
Married couple of British evolutionary biologists
Grant, Peter R (2023). Enchanted by Daphne: The Life of an Evolutionary Naturalist. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-6912-4624-6 Grant
Peter_and_Rosemary_Grant
Species of gastropod
Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions
Platydoris_formosa
Name list
botanist and ethnologist in Hawai'i Edward Forbes (1815–1854), British naturalist Fayette F. Forbes (1851–1935), American water engineer, plant collector
Forbes_(name)
Species of lizard
Ghats, India. The specific name, ellioti, is in honor of Scottish naturalist Walter Elliot. Endemic to the Western Ghats of India, M. ellioti is found in
Monilesaurus_ellioti
German natural history artist (1820–1899)
preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livingstone, Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates. Wolf depicted animals accurately
Joseph_Wolf
Final gesture or effort
an additional tracheal loop within its sternum. This was proposed by naturalist Peter Pallas as the basis for the legend. Both mute and whooper swans
Swan_song
Species of songbird native to islands in southwestern Pacific
distinct species. The Pacific robin was originally described by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 from a collection in Norfolk Island. It
Pacific_robin
Species of gastropod
Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions
Hypselodoris_zebrina
Group of venomous snakes from Asia
intermediate between the genera Naja and Bungarus. Naia vittata proposed by Walter Elliot in 1840 was a king cobra caught offshore near Chennai that was floating
King_cobra
Species of gastropod
Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions
Platydoris_ellioti
Species of bird
bluetail was formally described in 1773 as Motacilla cyanurus by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas based on specimens seen near the Yenisei river in Russia
Red-flanked_bluetail
American geneticist and biologist (born 1942)
sheep. Hedrick previously served as president of the American Society of Naturalists and the American Genetic Association, and in 1987 was made a fellow of
Philip_Hedrick
German-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005)
Budapest in 1927, Mayr was introduced by Stresemann to banker and naturalist Walter Rothschild, who asked him to undertake an expedition to New Guinea
Ernst_Mayr
Species of tree
eaters”. The Caddo term for paw paws being Nashitosh. Nineteenth-century naturalist and painter John James Audubon included pawpaw foliage and fruits in the
Asimina_triloba
Species of gastropod
collection of specimens given to Alder and Hancock for description by Walter Elliot. Elliot describes the collection localities as follows: “Waltair is a suburb
Goniodoris_modesta
Family of nocturnal birds of tropical Central and South America
family Nyctibiidae was introduced (as Nyctibie) in 1853 by the French naturalists Jean-Charles Chenu and Œillet des Murs. Prior to this, its species were
Potoo
Family of birds of the order Passeriformes
Paradiseidae) in 1825 with Paradisaea as the type genus by the English naturalist William Swainson. For many years the birds-of-paradise were treated as
Bird-of-paradise
Dutch geology professor and malacologist (born 1946)
MacArthur Fellowship in 1992, and in 2000, was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. He was also a fellow of the
Geerat_J._Vermeij
Species of kumquat
159. ISBN 9783540279082. Ferguson, Louise; Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth Elliot (2014). Citrus production manual (1st ed.). Oakland, California: University
Citrus_margarita
Species of bird
species and known as Heteromyias albispecularis. Described by Australian naturalist Edward Pierson Ramsay in 1876, the grey-headed robin is a member of the
Grey-headed_robin
Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar
Society, was knighted, and received the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal. Thompson is remembered as the author of the 1917 book On Growth and
D'Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson
Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
disappeared. The Giant's Causeway is located nearby. At the Belfast Field Naturalists' Club of 1882, there was a discussion of a recent review of a crannóg
Ballylough_Castle
Grammy-winning choreographer and director Grover Simcox: illustrator, naturalist and polymath Linda Simensky (1985): producer of animated works Everett
List of University of Pennsylvania people
List_of_University_of_Pennsylvania_people
1513 battle between England and Scotland
Glenbervie Sir John Douglas, 5th of Mains. Sir John Dunbar. Robert Elliot, 13th Chief of Clan Elliot John Erskine of Dun. Nicolas Fotheringham of Powrie Archibald
Battle_of_Flodden
American ecologist (1920–1980)
17226/1652. ISBN 978-0-309-04198-0. Retrieved 26 October 2022. Westman, Walter (March 1982). "Eminent Ecologist: Robert Harding Whittaker" (PDF). Bulletin
Robert_Whittaker_(ecologist)
American zoologist and cytologist
Messiah. Wenrich, D. H. (1946). "Clarence Erwin McClung". The American Naturalist. 80 (791): 294–296. doi:10.1086/281436. JSTOR 2457720. S2CID 84867492
Clarence_Erwin_McClung
English gentry and rebel
January 2014] Walter Laidlaw, 'On Armorial Bearings', History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, vol. 11 (Alnwick, 1887), p. 139: W. Elliot Lockhart,
Leonard_Dacre
Standard, doctrine or system of conduct
philosophical view propounded by ethical naturalists, but not all moral realists accept that position (e.g., ethical non-naturalists). Moral anti-realism, on the
Morality
Charles Duncan Michener (1978) Janice Spofford (1979) Robert Whittaker (1980) Elliot Spiess (1981) Richard Lewontin (1982) Peter H. Raven (1983) Robert R. Sokal
Gary_Allan_Polis
Pseudoscientific attempts to locate underground objects
Faye Marlowe Larry R. Marshall Michel Moine Nils-Axel Mörner James Scott-Elliot Joseph Smith (in his early life) Oliver Cowdery Karl Spiesberger Ludwig
Dowsing
Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland
Scotland Robert Bennet of Chesters, prisoner on the Bass Rock. Archibald Elliot (1760–1823), architect. John Livingston (1603–1672), a leading Covenanter
Ancrum
Australian conservationist (1962–2006)
over 300 million viewers. In 1992, Irwin met Terri Raines, an American naturalist from Eugene, Oregon, who was visiting wildlife rehabilitation facilities
Steve_Irwin
Independent primary & secondary school in DeWitt, NY, United States
Anderson, ceramist and founder of Shearwater Pottery Walter Inglis Anderson, painter, writer and naturalist Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, pseudonym of Sylvester
Manlius_Pebble_Hill_School
& Chief Lobbyist and National Director for NAACP Roger Tory Peterson Naturalist, Ornithologist & One of the Founding Inspiration of the Environmental
List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
List_of_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_recipients
Species of plant
Herbert West (1896). "Darnel". Natural history in Shakespeare's time. London: Elliot Stock. p. 82. Mockler, Simon (April 20, 2018). "Simon Mockler: Making the
Lolium_temulentum
American evolutionary biologist
president of The American Society of Naturalists, and was the editor-in-chief of the society's journal The American Naturalist from 2017-2023. Bolnick was born
Daniel_I._Bolnick
British engineer (1851–1928)
Down House in Kent in 1851, the fifth son and ninth child of the British naturalist Charles Darwin and his wife Emma, and the youngest of their seven children
Horace_Darwin
Slave trade between Africa and the West
and a defender of London's poor Black community), Henry Smeathman (a naturalist), alongside the support of Olaudah Equiano and other active abolitionists
Atlantic_slave_trade
Winners of satirical science award
Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles from Costa Rica". The American Midland Naturalist. 86 (1): 101–109. Bibcode:1971AMNat..86..101W. doi:10.2307/2423690. JSTOR 2423690
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners
British ornithologist (1863–1944)
David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet, and a sister-in-law of Sir Walter Elliot the Indian naturalist. Sclater received his Master of Arts degree in Natural Science
William_Lutley_Sclater
Species of plant
Collectors: Lisa Keppner, Ed Keppner, Bian Tan, Walter Judd, Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, Patricia Elliot, K. Craddock Burks, Gwynn W. Ramsey, Richard
Pyrrhopappus_carolinianus
American ornithologist (1943–2026)
George W. (1972). "Taxon Cycles in the West Indian Avifauna". The American Naturalist. 106 (948): 195–219. Bibcode:1972ANat..106..195R. doi:10.1086/282762.
Robert_Ricklefs
Botanist and biometrician (1880–1930)
v t e Presidents of the American Society of Naturalists 1883–1900 Alpheus Hyatt (1883–1884) Grove Karl Gilbert (1885–1886) Harrison Allen (1887–1888)
James_Arthur_Harris
Species of rodent
(Spermophilus) douglasii. The famous French paleontologist, geologist and naturalist George Cuvier suggested in 1831 to place the ground squirrels in a genus
Douglas_ground_squirrel
Speakers of Austronesian languages
Madagascar and the Malay Archipelago a century earlier, in 1603. German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, who traveled with James Cook on his second voyage
Austronesian_peoples
American zoologist (1842–1910)
Heredity and Work of Charles Otis Whitman, 1843-1910". The American Naturalist. 51 (601): 5–30. doi:10.1086/279584. ISSN 0003-0147. Baer, A. (2016).
Charles_Otis_Whitman
Family of birds
Mikkola, H. (1999). "Family Strigidae (Typical Owls)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. (eds.) (1999). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume
Strigidae
of the Black Pearl, and Texas Pete's henchman in Superted Zoo keeper/ naturalist The keeper looks after the animals in a zoo, teaches them tricks and educates
List_of_stock_characters
Family of birds
Evolution in the Elaborate Display System of Woodpeckers". The American Naturalist. 195 (5): 772–787. Bibcode:2020ANat..195..772M. doi:10.1086/707748. PMID 32364790
Woodpecker
British television awards show
BBC News. BBC Online. 21 February 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2014. "Julie Walters' best film performances – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October
TV's_50_Greatest_Stars
Group of large game birds
Darwin's time. Others had doubts about its taxonomic status, but the English naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) presented firm evidence for it
Peafowl
1756) 29 September – George Beattie, poet (born 1786) George Finlayson, naturalist (born 1790; died at sea) February – a monument to poet Robert Burns (died
1823_in_Scotland
Species of gastropod
collection of specimens given to Alder and Hancock for description by Walter Elliot. Elliot describes the collection localities as follows: “Waltair is a suburb
Goniodoris_citrina
Species of plant
Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019. Elliot, W.R.; Jones, D.L. (1993). Encyclopedia of Australian Plants Suitable for
Melia_azedarach
Dunbar-Brander (Conservator of Forests in the Central Provinces), Sir Walter Elliot (1803–1887), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837), Charles McCann (1899–1980)
Indian_natural_history
British politician (1869–1957)
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Sciences 2 : 305–333. Kerr, J.G.(1950). A Naturalist in the Gran Chaco. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press "Appointment"
John_Graham_Kerr
Species of plant in the myrtle family
(Australia). Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2023. Elliot, Rodger W.; Jones, David L.; Blake, Trevor (2010). Encyclopaedia of Australian
Xanthostemon_chrysanthus
Species of rodent
in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The following description is by Sir Walter Elliot: The brown spiny mouse lives entirely in the red gravelly soil in a
Rock-loving_mouse
Species of bird
J. (1997). Family Psittacidae (Parrots). pp. 280–477 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol
Goldie's_lorikeet
Species of bird endemic to New Zealand
by ornithologist John Gould in 1856, from two specimens shown to him by Walter Mantell, who obtained the birds in Murihiku. Eight years earlier, some elderly
Kea
in my head." — Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer, adventurer and naturalist (11 March 1960), dying of a heart attack "I done told you my last request
List of last words (20th century)
List_of_last_words_(20th_century)
Species of bird
July 2025. del Hoyo, Josep; Nigel J., Collar; David A., Christie; Andrew, Elliot; Lincoln D.C., Fishpool (2014). Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the
Alexandrine_parakeet
American natural history collector (died 1722)
Living Magazine. Elliot, David J. (David John), and E. C. Nelson. (2015). The Curious Mister Catesby: A "Truly Ingenious" Naturalist Explores New Worlds
Hannah_English_Williams
Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
land and exerting influence in the area were the Graemes, Armstrongs, Elliots and Bells. Canonbie Parish had an Austin priory at Hallgreen, dating back
Canonbie
American evolutionary biologist
of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Society of Naturalists. Arnold was elected a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society in 1992 and
Stevan_J._Arnold
science outreach. In 2011 he won the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. The award "is given to an active investigator
Joseph_Travis
American evolutionary biologist
Starr Jordan Prize in 1998, the Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award in 2009, the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in 2012, the Sewall Wright Award in 2019, and
Jonathan_Losos
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
Modes of Reproduction and Excretion of Amniote Vertebrates". The American Naturalist. 100 (916): 667–682. Bibcode:1966ANat..100..667P. doi:10.1086/282459.
Bird
Species of insect
Xylocopa species of carpenter bees. The type specimen was collected by Walter Elliot from Madras and described by Francis Walker. The larvae live in the
Hyperechia_xylocopiformis
Organism that lives with its host and kills it
thinking of Charles Darwin, who wrote in an 1860 letter to the American naturalist Asa Gray: "I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God
Parasitoid
Species of rodent
from the Kannada name of Gulandi while the specific name is after Sir Walter Elliot. The nominate form is from southern India. Other forms include limitaris
Indian_bush_rat
v t e Presidents of the American Society of Naturalists 1883–1900 Alpheus Hyatt (1883–1884) Grove Karl Gilbert (1885–1886) Harrison Allen (1887–1888)
Mark_McPeek
City and unitary authority in Devon, England
specialised in grand historical pictures, was born here in 1786. The naturalist William Elford Leach, who did much to pave the way in Britain for Charles
Plymouth
30 November 1951 Herbert Morrison 1888–1965 Politician 5 June 1952 Walter Elliot 1888–1958 Scottish Unionist politician 1 January 1953 E. M. Forster
List of members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
List_of_members_of_the_Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
Public university in Scotland
of the University of Edinburgh include inventor Alexander Graham Bell, naturalist Charles Darwin, philosopher David Hume, physicist James Clerk Maxwell
University_of_Edinburgh
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Son of Ellis
Male
English
 English form of German Walther, WALTER means "ruler of the army."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Ellis.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : patronymic from Walter.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow or pastureland, from Middle High German halte ‘pasture’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German haltære ‘keeper’, ‘shepherd’, German Halter.English : occupational name for a maker of halters for horses and cattle, Middle English haltrere (from Old English hælftre ‘halter’).Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a halter-maker, from Middle Dutch halfter, haelter, halter ‘halter’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from the female personal name Ellet, Ellot (see Ellett).
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Elliot, ELIOTT means "the Lord is my God."
Boy/Male
English
Son of Walter.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, originally a Norman French diminutive form of Old French Élie, ELLIOT means "the Lord is my God."
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of Old High German Walther, GWALLTER means "ruler of the army."
Boy/Male
English
Son of Walter.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Close to God
Girl/Female
British, English
Occupational Name; Cloth-walker
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Ellis
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of German Walther, VALTER means "ruler of the army."
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Old High German Walther, GUALTER means "ruler of the army."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Elliot, ELIOT means "the Lord is my God."
Male
French
Variant form of Old French Gautier, WALTIER means "ruler of the army."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Elliot, ELLIOTT means "the Lord is my God."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Elliott.Andrew Eliot, a shoemaker of East Coker, Somerset, England, who emigrated to Boston MA in 1670, was the founder of a distinguished American family which included the poet T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), who was born in St. Louis, MO.
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
Boy/Male
Norse
King of the Huns.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ba'al-Zebuwb, BAALZEBUB means "lord of the fly." In the bible, this is the name of a Philistine deity worshiped at Ekron.
Boy/Male
Indian
Praised, Celebrated, Famous, Person commended
Biblical
filled or drunk with talk
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Name of a king.
Girl/Female
Finnish, German
One who Pour Water from a Jug
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Flash of Lightning; Ray; Sun
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the Able
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Name of Ganges River
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin ‘page’, ‘turnspit’, from galoper ‘to gallop’.
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
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WALTER ELLIOT-NATURALIST
n.
A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
v. t.
See Enlist.
n.
See Galiot.
n.
To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.
v. t.
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
v. i.
To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
n.
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
v. t.
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
v. t.
To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
n.
A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
v. i.
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
v. i.
To roll or wallow; to welter.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
v. t.
To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.
n.
A colter. See Colter.
n.
Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
v. i.
To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
v. t.
To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.