Category:Waterwork

Wa"ter*work`, n.

1. (paint.)

Defn: painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- Formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt.

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.