Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WA-TER-CAL'A-MINT, n. [water and calamint.]

A species of mint or Mentha. – Cyc.

WA-TER-CAR-RIAGE, n. [water and carriage.]

1. Transportation or conveyance by water; or the means of transporting by water.
2. A vessel or boat. [Not in use.] Arbuthnot.

WA-TER-CART, n. [water and cart.]

A cart bearing a large cask of water which is conveyed into a cylinder full of holes, by means of which the water is sprinkled the ground.

WA-TER-CIR'CLED, or WA-TER-GIRD'LED, a.

Surrounded by water. – Scott.

WA-TER-CLOCK, n. [water and clock.]

The clepsydra; an instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall of a certain quantity of water.

WA-TER-CLOS-ET, n. [water and closet.]

An apartment or recess in a house for washing and other purposes of cleanliness.

WA-TER-COL-OR, n. [water and color.]

Water-colors, in painting or limning, are colors diluted and mixed with gum-water. Water-colors are so called in distinction from oil colors. – Encyc.

WA-TER-COURSE, n. [water and course.]

1. A stream of water; a river or brook. – Isa. xliv.
2. A channel or canal for the conveyance of water, particularly in draining lands.

WA-TER-CRAFT, n.

Vessels and boats plying on water.

WA-TER-CRESS, n. [water and cress.]

Any small creeping plant or weed growing in watery places. – Cyc. A plant, a species of Sisymbrium. – Lee.

WA-TER-CROW-FOOT, n. [water and crowfoot.]

A plant on which, cows are said to be fond of feeding.

WA-TER-DRAIN, n.

A drain or channel for water to runoff.

WA-TER-DRAIN-AGE, n.

The draining off of water.

WA-TER-DROP, n. [water and drop.]

A drop of water. – Shak.

WA-TER-DROP-WORT, n.

A plant of the genus Œnanthe. – Lee.

WA'TER-ED, pp.

Overspread or sprinkled with water; made wet; supplied with water; made lustrous by being wet and calendered.

WA-TER-EL'E-PHANT, n.

A name given to the hippopotamus.

WA-TER-EN-GINE, n. [water and engine.]

An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water.

WA'TER-ER, n.

One who waters. – Carew.

WA-TER-FALL, n. [water and fall.]

A fall or perpendicular descent of the water of a river or stream, or a descent; nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract. But the word is generally used of the fall of a small river or rivulet. It is particularly used to express a cascade in a garden, or an artificial descent of water, designed as an ornament. – Cyc.

WA-TER-FLAG, n. [water and flag.]

Water flower de lace, a species of Iris.

WA-TER-FLOOD, n. [water and flood.]

A flood of water; an inundation.

WA-TER-FLY, n. [water and fly.]

An insect that is seen on the water.

WA-TER-FOWL, n. [water and fowl.]

A fowl that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl. Of aquatic fowls, some are waders, or furnished with long legs; others are swimmers, and are furnished with webbed feet.

WA-TER-FOX, n. [water and fox.]

A name given to the carp, on account of its cunning. – Walton.