Word Meanings - WATER-LOGGED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.
- 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 - WATERDECK
A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. Wilhelm. - Water fox
The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning. - Water souchy
A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water. - WATERFLEA
Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts. - Water hammer
A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer. - Water thief
A pirate. - WATERHARE
A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare. - Receivership
The state or office of a receiver. - Water junket
The common sandpiper. - Water violet
See under Violet. - WATERLETTUCE
A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). - 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. - FILLEDCHEESE
An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream. - WATERMONITOR
A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors. - WATERSTARWORT
See under Starwort.
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