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Search phrase: watery

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.i.21Lord of the wide world and wild watery seas,Lord of the wide world, and wilde watry seas, 
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.206Those clouds removed – upon our watery eyne.(Those clouds remooued) vpon our waterie eyne.
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.vii.44The watery kingdom, whose ambitious headThe waterie Kingdome, whose ambitious head
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.47And watery deathbed for him. He may win,And watrie death-bed for him: he may win,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.iii.38humidity, this gross watery pumpion. We'll teach himhumidity, this grosse-watry Pumpion; we'll teach him
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.210Her silver visage in the watery glass,Her siluer visage, in the watry glasse,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.162Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon,Quencht in the chaste beames of the watry Moone;
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.193The moon methinks looks with a watery eye;The Moone me-thinks, lookes with a watrie eie,
PericlesPer II.i.10And having thrown him from your watery graveAnd hauing throwne him from your watry graue,
PericlesPer II.i.50And from their watery empire recollectAnd from their watry empire recollect,
Richard IIR2 II.i.63Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.69That I, being governed by the watery moon,That I being gouern'd by the waterie Moone,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.65Her collars, of the moonshine's watery beams;her coullers of the Moonshines watry Beames,
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.126Shall in despite enforce a watery eye.Shall in despight enforce a waterie eie:
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.19When that the watery palate tastes indeedWhen that the watry pallats taste indeede
Twelfth NightTN V.i.231So went he suited to his watery tomb.So went he suited to his watery tombe:
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.1Nine changes of the watery star hath beenNine Changes of the Watry-Starre hath been

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1611 And now this pale swan in her watery nest And now this pale Swan in her watrie nest,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1745 Of that black blood a watery rigol goes, Of that blacke bloud, a watrie rigoll goes,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1748 Corrupted blood some watery token shows; Corrupted bloud, some waterie token showes,

Glossary

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dropsytype of disease in which the body retains watery fluids
moistwatery, rheumy
rheumwatery discharge, seepage [especially of the eyes]
rheumaticwith symptoms of rheum [watery discharge], catarrhal, cold-like
waterymade of water-drops, aqueous
waterymoist, clammy, salivating

Thesaurus

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discharge, wateryrheum
waterymoist
watery dischargerheum

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