Webster's Dictionary 1913

730

Water-logged

Wa″ter–logged (?), a. Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; — said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold,...

731

Water-ret

Wa″ter–ret′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Water-retted; p. pr. & vb. n.Water-retting.] To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.

732

Water-rot

Wa″ter–rot′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Water-rotted; p. pr. & vb. n.Water-rotting.] To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.

733

Water-soak

Wa″ter–soak′ (?), v. t. To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.

734

Water-standing

Wa″ter–stand′ing (?), a. Tear-filled. “Many an orphan's water-standing eye.” Shak.

735

Water-tight

Wa″ter–tight′ (?), a. So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.

736

Water-white

Wa″ter–white′ (?), n.(Bot.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for qu...

737

Waterage

Wa″ter‐age (?; 48), n. Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water.

738

Waterboard

Wa″ter‐board′ (?), n. A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

739

Waterbok

Wa″ter‐bok′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A water buck.

740

Watercourse

Wa″ter‐course′ (?), n.(Shipbuilding) One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.

741

Waterer

Wa″ter‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, waters.

742

Waterfall

Wa″ter‐fall′ (?), n. 1. A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.2. (Hairdressing) An arrang...

743

Waterflood

Wa″ter‐flood′ (?), n. [AS. wæterflōd.] A flood of water; an inundation.

744

Waterfowl

Wa″ter‐fowl′ (?), n. Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; — used also collectively.☞ Of aquatic fowls, ...

745

Waterhorse

Wa″ter‐horse′ (?), n. A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

746

Waterie

Wa″ter‐ie (?), n.(Zoöl.) The pied wagtail; — so called because it frequents ponds.

747

Wateriness

Wa″ter‐i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

748

Watering

Wa″ter‐ing, a. & n. from Water, v.Watering call(Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. — Watering ca...

749

Waterish

Wa″ter‐ish, a. [AS. wæterisc.] 1. Resembling water; thin; watery.Feed upon such nice and waterish diet. Shak.2. Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.

750

Waterishness

Wa″ter‐ish‐ness, n. The quality of being waterish.

751

Waterlander

{ Wa′ter‐land″er (?), Wa′ter‐land″i‐an (?) } n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; — so called from a di...

752

Waterleaf

Wa″ter‐leaf′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray.

753

Waterless

Wa″ter‐less, a. Destitute of water; dry. Chaucer.

754

Waterman

Wa″ter‐man, n.; pl.Watermen (�).1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who m...

755

Watermanship

Wa″ter‐man‐ship′, n. 1. The business or skill of a waterman.2. Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from...

756

Watermark

Wa″ter‐mark′ (?), n. 1. A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.2. A letter, device, or the like, w...