water cure

noun

hydropathy; hydrotherapy.

a method of torture in which the victim is forced to drink great quantities of water.

Origin of water cure

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby water cure

water cooler, watercourse, watercraft, water crake, watercress, water cure, water curtain, water cycle, water diviner, waterdog, water down

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Example sentences from the Web for water cure

He threw away his cigar, and jumped the fence into the Water-cure grounds.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
But I have personally no sympathy with the baigneurs who find such a water-cure place as Royat dull.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887|Various
This reminds me o the water-cure at the pen, he said, an then set his teeth.
Friar Tuck|Robert Alexander Wason
Within the past three years the strait-jacket, the water-cure and the hooks, once so freely used, have not been tolerated.
'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution|Franklin Hichborn

In the water-cure the waist bandage is changed in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, and on going to bed.
Every Man his own Doctor|R. T. Claridge

British Dictionary definitions for water cure

water cure

noun

med a nontechnical name for hydropathy, hydrotherapy

informal a form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink very large amounts of water

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单词	water cure
释义	water cure noun hydropathy; hydrotherapy. a method of torture in which the victim is forced to drink great quantities of water. Origin of water cure First recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby water cure water cooler, watercourse, watercraft, water crake, watercress, water cure, water curtain, water cycle, water diviner, waterdog, water down Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for water cure He threw away his cigar, and jumped the fence into the Water-cure grounds. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science\|Various But I have personally no sympathy with the baigneurs who find such a water-cure place as Royat dull. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887\|Various This reminds me o the water-cure at the pen, he said, an then set his teeth. Friar Tuck\|Robert Alexander Wason Within the past three years the strait-jacket, the water-cure and the hooks, once so freely used, have not been tolerated. 'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution\|Franklin Hichborn In the water-cure the waist bandage is changed in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, and on going to bed. Every Man his own Doctor\|R. T. Claridge British Dictionary definitions for water cure water cure noun med a nontechnical name for hydropathy, hydrotherapy informal a form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink very large amounts of water Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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