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- English Word Water wing Definition One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
- English Word Water witch Definition The dabchick.
- English Word Water witch Definition The stormy petrel.
- English Word Water-bearer Definition The constellation Aquarius.
- English Word Water-bound Definition Prevented by a flood from proceeding.
- English Word Water-closet Definition A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
- English Word Water-colorist Definition One who paints in water colors.
- English Word Water-furrow Definition To make water furrows in.
- English Word Water-laid Definition Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.
- English Word Water-logged Definition 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.
- English Word Water-ret Definition To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.
- English Word Water-retted Definition of Water-ret
- English Word Water-retting Definition of Water-ret
- English Word Water-rot Definition To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.
- English Word Water-rotted Definition of Water-rot
- English Word Water-rotting Definition of Water-rot
- English Word Water-soak Definition To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.
- English Word Water-standing Definition Tear-filled.
- English Word Water-tight Definition So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
- English Word Water-white Definition A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.