Word Meanings - WATERSTANDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Tear-filled. [R.] "Many an orphan's water-standing eye." Shak.

• Water butt
  A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.
• Water partridge
  The ruddy duck.
• WATERBRASH
  See under Brash.
• WATERRATE
  A rate or tax for a supply of water.
• WATERTUTWIST
  Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.
• Water-closet
  A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
• Waterpot
  A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
• WATERCHICKEN
  The common American gallinule.
• WATERSPANIEL
  A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
• Water dock
  A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
• Water-retted
  of Water-ret
• WATERDOCK
  A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
• Water flannel
  A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
• Water shrew
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palu
• WATERFRAME
  A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
• Fillister
  The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty.
• Water germander
  A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
• Water supply
  A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
• WATERHOG
  The capybara.
• Standard
  A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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