Word Meanings - WATERLINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. Note: In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines. 2. (Naut.)

• WATERPOX
  A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. Dunglison.
• Surfaced
  of Surface
• Water-laid
  Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.
• Water viper
  See Water moccasin.
• WATERLIME
  Hydraulic lime.
• WATERSCORPION
  See Nepa.
• Water arum
  An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
• Watermen
  of Waterman
• PARALLELOGRAMMICPARALLELOGRAMMICAL
  Having the properties of a parallelogram. [R.]
• WATERTABBY
  A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
• Water boatman
  A boat bug.
• Water mouse
  Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the
• WATERBACK
  See under 1st Back.
• WATERTUTUYERE
  A tuyère kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.
• Water cavy
  The capybara.
• Water pillar
  A waterspout.
• WATERBRAIN
  A disease of sheep; gid.
• Parallelly
  In a parallel manner; with parallelism.
• Water crake
  The dipper.

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