Word Meanings - BRACKISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.

• Water monitor
  A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
• WATERBELLOWS
  Same as Tromp.
• WATERPURSLANE
  See under Purslane.
• Water carriage
  Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
• Water piet
  The water ousel.
• WATERCAVY
  The capybara.
• WATERSHIELD
  An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
• Water course
  A stream of water; a river or brook.
• Waterproof
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• WATERCRESS
  A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.
• WATERTENDER
  In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in charge in a fireroom. He "tends" water to the boilers, sees that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is also a rating of chief water tender, who is a chief petty officer.
• Water drainage
  The draining off of water.
• Water rocket
  A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
• WATERFEATHERWATERFEATHERFOIL
  The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
• WATERVINE
  Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.
• Waterfowl
  Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.
• Water soldier
  An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
• Water gruel
  A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
• Water thermometer
  A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the

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