void water

void water
   obsolete to urinate
   Not spitting or sweating. To void your bowels was to defecate:
    When, at the end, they went too far, she voided her water on the deck. (Monsarrat, 1978, writing in archaic style)
    If the battalion had not been going into battle he would have galloped away, found a private spot and voided his bowels. (B. Cornwell, 1997 — again using archaic speech)

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