Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WA-TER-LINE, a. [water and line.]

A horizontal line supposed to be drawn about a ship's bottom, at the surface of the water. This is higher or lower, according to the depth of water necessary to float her. – Mar. Dict. – Cyc.

WA-TER-LOG-GED, a. [water and log.]

Lying like a log on the water. A ship is said to be water-logged, when leaking and receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm, and to be at the mercy of the waves. – Cyc.

WA-TER-MAN, n. [water and man.]

A boatman; a ferryman; a man who manages water-craft. – Gay.

WA-TER-MARK, n. [water and mark.]

The mark or limit of the rise of a flood. – Dryden.

WA'TER-MEAS-URE, n.

A measure for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, &c. This bushel is larger than the Winchester measure.

WA-TER-MEL'ON, n. [water and melon.]

A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita or Cucumis, (C. citrullus.) This plant requires a warm climate to bring it to perfection. It also requires a dry, sandy, warm soil, and will not grow well in any other. The fruit abounds with a sweetish liquor resembling water in color, and the pulp is remarkably rich and delicious.

WA-TER-MILL, n. [water and mill.]

A mill whose machinery is moved by water, and thus distinguished from a wind-mill.

WA-TER-MINT, n. [See WATER-CALAMINT.]

WA-TER-NEWT, a. [water and newt.]

An animal of the lizard tribe, [Lacerta aquatica.]

WA-TER-OR'DEAL, n. [water and ordeal.]

A judicial trial of persons accused of crimes, by means of water; formerly in use among illiterate and superstitious nations.

WA-TER-OU'ZEL, n. [water and ouzel.]

A fowl of the genus Sturnus. – Linnæus. The water-ouzel is the Turdus cinctus of Latham. – Ed. Encyc.

WA-TER-PARS-NEP, n. [water and parsnep.]

A plant of the genus Sium. – Lee.

WA-TER-PLANT, n.

A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

WA-TER-PO'A, n.

A species of grass, the Poa aquatica. – Cyc.

WA-TER-POISE, n. [s as z. water and poise.]

An instrument for examining the purity of water.

WA-TER-POT, n. [water and pot.]

A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth in bleaching, or on plants, &c.

WA-TER-PROOF, a. [water and proof.]

Impervious to water; so firm and compact as not to admit water; as, water-proof cloth, leather or felt.

WA-TER-RAD'ISH, n. [water and radish.]

A species of water-cresses. – Johnson. Water-cress, a species of Sisymbrium. – Lee.

WA-TER-RAIL, a. [water and rail.]

A fowl of the genus Rallus.

WA-TER-RAT, n. [water and rat.]

An animal of the genus Mus, which lives in the banks of streams or lakes.

WA-TER-ROCK-ED, a.

Rocked by the waves.

WA-TER-ROCK-ET, n. [water and rocket.]

1. A water-cress. – Johnson.
2. A kind of fire-work to be discharged in the water.

WA-TER-ROT, n. [water and rot.]

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

WA-TER-ROT-TED, pp.

Rotted by being steeped in water.

WA-TER-ROT-TING, ppr.

Rotting in water.