Word Meanings - GROUNDLING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.
- Water-logged
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, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm. - BOTTOMFERMENTATION
A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4º - 10º C. (39º - 50ºF.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouque - WATERPENNYWORT
Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh. - Waterboard
A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. - Water motor
A water engine. - WATERBELLOWS
Same as Tromp. - WATERPURSLANE
See under Purslane. - Water cart
A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc. - Water pig
The capybara. - WATERCAVY
The capybara. - WATERSHIELD
An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly. - Water craft
Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively. - Waterproofing
The act or process of making waterproof. - 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 dressing
The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer. - Water-rotted
of Water-rot - 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. - Water fox
The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.
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