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A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

• WATERBRASH
  See under Brash.
• Metallographist
  One who writes on the subject of metals.
• WATERRATE
  A rate or tax for a supply of water.
• Water brash
  See under Brash.
• Water oat
  Indian rice. See under Rice.
• Broadseal
  To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.
• WATERCHICKEN
  The common American gallinule.
• Movableness
  The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
• WATERSPANIEL
  A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
• Water chestnut
  The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.
• Water plant
  A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
• Formal
  See Methylal.
• WATERDOCK
  A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
• Raising
  of Raise
• WATERTIGHT
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• Water crowfoot
  An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.
• Water rail
  Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.
• Former
  One who forms; a maker; a creator.
• WATERFRAME
  A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
• Slidder
  To slide with interruption.

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