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redwater

redwater is the alternative spelling of red water.

Meaning of red water

Noun

red water (uncountable)

  1. A cattle disease, with one symptom being reddish urine.
    • “Soon afther, some mischances begun to happen to the farmer's cattle; a horse tuk the staggers, a fine vale calf died o' the black-lig, an' some uv his sheep o' the rid wather[.]”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 525
  2. A wastewater created in the manufacture of TNT.

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What is redwater the alternative spelling of?
Redwater is the alternative spelling of red water.

Words near redwater in the dictionary

  1. redwares
  2. redwash
  3. redwashed
  4. redwashes
  5. redwashing
  6. redwater
  7. redwater fever
  8. redway
  9. redways
  10. redweed
  11. redweeds

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