Word Meanings - WATER-LAID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.

• Water junket
  The common sandpiper.
• Water violet
  See under Violet.
• WATERMINT
  A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
• Water antelope
  See Water buck.
• 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.
• 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.

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