Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. w[ae]terig.]
1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. ``The
watery god.'' --Dryden. ``Fish within their watery
residence.'' --Milton.
2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as,
watery humors.
The oily and watery parts of the aliment.
--Arbuthnot.
4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid;
tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |