‖n. (Zool.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ G. cement-wasser. See Cement. ] A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sponge (Euspongia zimocca) of flat form and fine quality, from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]