Rain-water

Rain-water falling from the clouds is sure to come in contact with masses of decaying vegetable matter, which we know is constantly giving off quantities of this gas.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

Silver, dissolved in Rain-water, it shall not be lawful for you to give me that requested exceeding small part of the Tincture so wonderful.

The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires John Frederick Helvetius

Rain-water is very soft, of a most simple and pure nature, and the best

The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

Rain-water filtered is probably the best attainable.

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Rain-water dribbled off his cap on to his hot face and his feet were soaking.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

Rain-water upon a lotus-leaf is a favourite subject with Japanese metal-workers, and metalwork only can reproduce the effect, for the motion and colour of water moving upon the green oleaginous surface are exactly those of quicksilver. º8

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Rain-water, which has filtered through the soil and strata of the earth, dissolves the soluble materials, and carries them down to lower levels, until they finally collect in the sea.

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

Rain-water is not adapted to drinking purposes, unless well filtered.

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

Rain-water never, except in very trifling quantities, flows over the leaves in the woods in summer or autumn.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874

Rain-water is generally absorbed by the forest-soil as fast as it falls, and it is only in extreme cases that it gathers itself into a superficial sheet or current overflowing the ground.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874