Word Meanings - WATER-ROT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.

• Water crowfoot
  An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.
• Water rail
  Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.
• WATERDEERLET
  See Water chevrotain.
• WATERTICK
  Same as Water mite.
• Water engine
  An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.
• Waterscape
  A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape.
• WATERFLOUNDER
  The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]
• WATERWAGTAIL
  See under Wagtail.
• Water gall
  A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
• Water spinner
  The water spider.
• WATERHEMP
  See under Hemp.
• Water hog
  The capybara.
• Water-tight
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• WATERLILY
  A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphæa, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphæa. Note: The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. S
• Waterleaf
  Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.
• Water way
  Same as Water course.
• WATERMONKEY
  A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
• Water barometer
  A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.
• Water measure
  A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel.

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