water-ask
Irish English, Scottish, and English regional (northern ) (now rare )
noun
A newt, especially the smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris.
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Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Rutty (1698–1775), physician. From water + ask; compare earlier water-eft and water newt.
- redubbing
- reducable
- reduce
- reduceable
- reduced circumstances
- reduced eye
- reduced iron
- reduceless
- reducement
- reducent
- reducer
- reduce someone to the ranks
- reducibility
- reducible
- reducing agent
- reducing belt
- reducing furnace
- reducing gear
- reducing machine
- reducing press
- reducing sugar
- reducing tee
- reducing treatment
- reducing valve
- reduct