Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Fresh water flowing over the land; flood water; the water of lakes, rivers, springs, etc., as opposed to sea-water.
  • noun Open water between the ice of a frozen sea and a coast.

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Examples

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Although she has more recently retracted her idea that kosher food rules are based upon the maintenance of clear categories (so, for example, fish with scales are clearly associated with the water realm and may be eaten; amphibians crossing the land-water boundary may not), the purity of categories in general remains a key component of what is orderly and right.

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  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

  • Many scientists have concluded that this discrepancy could be explained by uncertainties in the estimated rates or other processes related to changes in land-water storage that have been difficult to quantify.

    Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010

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