WATER-ROTTING
WATER-ROTTING, participle present tense Rotting in water.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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WATER-SAIL
WATER-SAIL, noun [water and sail.] A small sail used under a studding sail or driver boom.
WATER-SAPPHIRE
WATER-SAPPHIRE, noun [water and sapphire.] A kind of blue precious stone.
WATER-SHOOT
WATER-SHOOT, noun [water and shoot.[A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree. [Local.]
WATER-SNAKE
WATER-SNAKE, noun [water and snake.] A snake that frequents the water.
WATER-SOAK
WATER-SOAK, verb transitive [water and soak.] To soak or fill the interstices with water.
WATER-SOAKED
WATER-SOAKED, participle passive Soaked or having its interstices filled with water; as water-soaked wood; a water soaked hat.
WATER-SOLDIER
WATER-SOLDIER, noun A plant of the genus Stratiotes.
WATER-SPANIEL
WATER-SPANIEL, noun [water and spaniel.] A dog so called.
WATER-SPOUT
WATER-SPOUT, noun [water and spout.] At sea, a vertical column of water, raised from the surface of the sea and driven furiously by the wind.
WATER-TABLE
WATER-TABLE, noun [water and table.] In architecture, a ledge in the wall of a building, about eighteen or twenty inches from the ground.
WATER-TATH
WATER-TATH, noun In England, a species of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.
WATER-THERMOMETER
WATER-THERMOMETER, noun An instrument for ascertaining the precise degree of cold at which water ceases to be condensed.
WATER-TIGHT
WATER-TIGHT, adjective [water and tight.] So tight as not to admit water.
WATER-TREFOIL
WATER-TREFOIL, noun A plant.
WATER-VIOLET
WATER-VIOLET, noun [water and violet.] A plant of the genus Hottonia.
WATER-WAY
WATER-WAY, noun [water and way.] In a ships deck, a piece of timber, forming a channel for conducting water to the scuppers.
WATER-WHEEL
WATER-WHEEL, noun [water and wheel.]1. A wheel moved by water.2. An engine for raising water from a deep well.
WATER-WILLOW
WATER-WILLOW, noun [water and willow.] A plant. [Latin]
WATER-WITH
WATER-WITH, noun [water and with.] A plant.
WATER-WORK
WATER-WORK, noun [water and work.] Water-works are hydraulic machines or engines, particularly such as form artificial fountains, spouts and the like.
WATER-WORT
WATER-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Elatine.WATER, verb transitive wauter.1. To irrigate; to overflow with water, or to wet with water; as, to water land. Showers water the ea...
WATERAGE
WATERAGE, noun Money paid for transportation by water.
WATERED
WATERED, participle passive Overspread or sprinkled with water; made wet; supplied with water; made lustrous by being wet and calendered.
WATERER
WATERER, noun One who waters.
WATERFALL
WATERFALL, noun [water and fall.] A fall or perpendicular descent of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract. But the word is ge...
WATERINESS
WATERINESS, noun [from watery.] Moisture; humidity; a state of abounding with water.