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Definition: Waterwork
Waterwork
\Wa"ter*work`\, n.
1. (Paint.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas
or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of
tapestry. --Shak. Fairholt.
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2. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures,
by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or
ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps,
aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used
chiefly in the plural.
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