Aqua

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aqua \A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.]
     Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry,
     in various signification, determined by the word or words
     annexed.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Aqua ammoni[ae]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid
        ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}.
  
     {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}.
  
     {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive
        fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric
        acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the "royal"
        metal.
  
     {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for
        secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana,
        in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have
        poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis.
  
     {Aqua vit[ae]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie},
        {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other
        ardent spirits. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aqua
       n : a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: {greenish blue}, {aquamarine},
            {turquoise}, {cobalt blue}, {peacock blue}]
       [also: {aquae} (pl)]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AQUA. Water. This word is used in composition, as aquae ductus, &c. 2. It is
  a rule that water belongs to the land which it covers, when it is
  stationary: aqua cedit solo. But the owner of running water, or of a water
  course, cannot stop it the inferior inheritance having a right to the flow:
  aqua currit et debet currere, ut currere solebat.