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watery
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. waeterig.]
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1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The
watery god." --Dryden. "Fish within their watery
residence." --Milton.
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2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
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3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as,
watery humors.
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The oily and watery parts of the aliment.
--Arbuthnot.
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4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid;
tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
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