Word Meanings - WATERTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

• Statesman
  A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
• Water deerlet
  See Water chevrotain.
• Water rattle
  Alt. of Water rattler
• WATERCAVY
  The capybara.
• WATERICE
  Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
• Tablebook
  A tablet; a notebook.
• Water feather-foil
  The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
• Water shield
  An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
• 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.
• WATERLOGGED
  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.
• Throwing
  of Throw
• Water gauge
  A wall or bank to hold water back.
• Water star grass
  An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
• WATERFEATHERWATERFEATHERFOIL
  The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
• WATEROAT
  Indian rice. See under Rice.
• Water ice
  Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
• Water trefoil
  The buck bean.
• WATERPLATE
  A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. Knight.

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