WATER-HEMP-AGRIMON
WATER-HEMP-AGRIMONY, n. A plant of the genus Bidens.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WATER-HEN
WATER-HEN, noun [water and hen.] A water fowl of the genus Fulica, the gallinula or moorhen; also, a species of Rallus, the soree, inhabiting Virginia and Carolina.
WATER-HOG
WATER-HOG, noun [water and hog.] A quadruped of South America, the Cavia capybara.
WATER-LAUREL
WATER-LAUREL, noun [water and laurel.] A plant.
WATER-LEAF
WATER-LEAF, noun [water and leaf.] A plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
WATER-LEVEL
WATER-LEVEL, noun [water and level.] The level formed by the surface of still water.
WATER-LILY
WATER-LILY, noun [water and lily.] A plant of the genus Nymphaea.
WATER-LINE
WATER-LINE, noun [water and line.] A horizontal line supposed to be drawn about a ships bottom at the surface of the water. This is higher or lower, according to the depth of wa...
WATER-LOGGED
WATER-LOGGED, adjective [water and log.] Lying like a log on the water. A ship is said to be water-logged when by leaking and receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, ...
WATER-MARK
WATER-MARK, noun [water and mark.] The mark or limit of the rise of a flood.
WATER-MELON
WATER-MELON, noun [water and melon.] A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita. This plant requires a warm climate to bring it to perfection. It also requires a dry, sandy, ...
WATER-MILL
WATER-MILL, noun [water and mill.] A mill whose machinery is moved by water, and thus distinguished from a wind-mill.
WATER-MINT
WATER-MINT. [See Water-calamint.]
WATER-NEWT
WATER-NEWT, noun [water and newt.] An animal of the lizared tribe, [Lacerta aquatica.]
WATER-ORDEAL
WATER-ORDEAL, noun [water and ordeal.] A judicial trial of persons accused of crimes, by means of water; formerly in use among illiterate and superstitious nations.
WATER-OUZEL
WATER-OUZEL, noun [water and ouzel.] A fowl of the genus Sturnus.The water ouzel is the Turdus cinctus of Latham.
WATER-PARSNEP
WATER-PARSNEP, noun [water and parsnep.[A plant of the genus Sium.
WATER-POA
WATER-POA, noun A species of grass, the Poa aquatica.
WATER-POISE
WATER-POISE, noun s as z. [water and poise.] An instrument for examining the purity of water.
WATER-POT
WATER-POT, noun [water and pot.] A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth in beaching, or on plants, etc.
WATER-PROOF
WATER-PROOF, adjective [water and proof.] Impervious to water; so firm and compact as not to admit water; as water-proof cloth, lether or felt.
WATER-RADISH
WATER-RADISH, noun [water and radish.] A species of water-cresses. Water-cress, a species of Sisymbrium.
WATER-RAIL
WATER-RAIL, noun [water and rail.] A fowl of the genus Rallus.
WATER-RAT
WATER-RAT, noun [water and rat.] An animal of the genus Mus, which lives in the banks of streams or lakes.
WATER-ROCKET
WATER-ROCKET, noun [water and rocket.]1. A species of water-cresses.2. A kind of fire-work to be discharged in the water.
WATER-ROT
WATER-ROT, verb transitive [water and rot.] To rot by steeping in water; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.
WATER-ROTTED
WATER-ROTTED, participle passive Rotted by being steeped in water.