Webster's Dictionary 1913

595

Water gruel

Wa″ter gru″el (?). A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.

596

Water hammer

Wa″ter ham″mer (?). (Physics) 1. A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes...

597

Water hammer (2)

Water hammer. A metal hammer used when heated, as by dipping in hot water, to blister the skin, as for counterritation.

598

Water hare

Wa″ter hare (?). (Zoöl.) A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; — called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.

599

Water hemlock

Wa″ter hem″lock (?). (Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant (Œnanthe crocata) ...

600

Water hemp

Wa″ter hemp′ (?). (Bot.) See under Hemp.

601

Water hen

Wa″ter hen′ (?). 1. (Zoöl.) Any gallinule.2. (Zoöl.) The common American coot.

602

Water hog

Wa″ter hog′ (?). (Zoöl.) The capybara.

603

Water horehound

Wa″ter hore″hound′ (?). (Bot.) Bugleweed.

604

Water hyacinth

Wa″ter hy″a‐cinth (?). (Bot.) Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.

605

Water ice

Wa″ter ice′ (?). Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.

606

Water inch

Wa″ter inch′ (?). Same as Inch of water, under Water.

607

Water joint

Wa″ter joint′ (?). (Arch.) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surfa...

608

Water junket

Wa″ter jun″ket (?). (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.

609

Water laverock

Wa″ter la″ver‐ock (?). (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.

610

Water leg

Wa″ter leg′ (?). (Steam Boilers) See Leg, 7.

611

Water lemon

Wa″ter lem″on (?). (Bot.) The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); — so called in the West Indies.

612

Water lettuce

Wa″ter let″tuce (?). (Bot.) A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

613

Water level

Wa″ter lev″el (?). 1. The level formed by the surface of still water.2. A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.

614

Water lily

Wa″ter lil′y (?). (Bot.) A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphæa, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphæa.☞ The name is ext...

615

Water lime

Wa″ter lime′ (?). Hydraulic lime.

616

Water line

Wa″ter line′ (?). 1. (Shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.☞ In a half-bre...

617

Water lizard

Wa″ter liz″ard (?). (Zoöl.) Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

618

Water locust

Wa″ter lo″cust (?). (Bot.) A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

619

Water meadow

Wa″ter mead″ow (?). (Agric.) A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

620

Water measure

Wa″ter meas″ure (?). A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel....

621

Water measurer

Wa″ter meas″ur‐er (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2.