Water tick Same as Water mite .

Water tiger (Zoology) A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle .

Water torch (Botany) The common cat-tail ( Typha latifolia ), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.

Water tower A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.

Water tower A tower or standpipe used as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head, as to a fountain.

Water tree (Botany) A climbing shrub ( Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria ) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.

Water trefoil (Botany) The buck bean.

Water tu tuyère A tuyère kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.

Water tu twist Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.

Water tube (Zoology) One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea , and Sporocyst .

Water tube Any tube for passing or holding water; specif., in some steam boilers, a tube in which water circulates and steam is generated.

Water tupelo (Botany) A species of large tupelo ( Nyssa aquatica ) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime .

Water turkey (Zoology) The American snakebird. See Snakebird .

Water vine (Botany) Any plant of the genus Phytocrene , climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.

Water violet (Botany) See under Violet .

Water viper (Zoology) See Water moccasin .

Water vole (Zoology) See under Vole .

Water wagtail See under Wagtail .

Water way Same as Water course .

Water wheel
1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel , vortex wheel , turbine wheel , etc.

2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.

3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.

Water willow (Botany) An American aquatic plant ( Dianthera Americana ) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

Water wing (Architecture) 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.

Water witch (Zoology) (a) The dabchick. (b) The stormy petrel. [ Prov. Eng.]

Water-bearer noun (Astron.) The constellation Aquarius.

Water-bound adjective Prevented by a flood from proceeding.

Water-closet noun A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.

Water-colorist noun One who paints in water colors.

Water-furrow transitive verb To make water furrows in.

Water-laid adjective Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid , or left-hand, rope.

Water-logged adjective 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.

Waterage noun Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water. [ Eng.]

Waterboard noun A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Waterbok noun [ D.] (Zoology) A water buck.

Watercourse noun (Shipbuilding) One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.

Waterer noun One who, or that which, waters.

Waterfall noun
1. A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.

2. (Hairdressing) An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.

3. A certain kind of neck scarf. T. Hughes.

Waterflood noun [ Anglo-Saxon wæterflōd .] A flood of water; an inundation.

Waterfowl noun Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.

» Of aquatic fowls, some are waders, or furnished with long legs; others are swimmers, or furnished with webbed feet.

Waterhorse noun A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

Waterie noun (Zoology) The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.

Wateriness noun The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

Watering adjective & noun from Water , v.

Watering call (Mil.) , a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. -- Watering cart , a sprinkling cart. See Water . -- Watering place . (a) A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc. - - Watering pot . (a) A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc. (b) (Zoology) Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Aspergillum , or Brechites . The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot. -- Watering trough , a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink.

Waterish adjective [ Anglo-Saxon wæterisc .]
1. Resembling water; thin; watery.

Feed upon such nice and waterish diet.

Shak.

2. Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.

Waterishness noun The quality of being waterish.

Waterlander, Waterlandian noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland .

Waterleaf noun (Botany) Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum , herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray.

Waterless adjective Destitute of water; dry. Chaucer.

Waterman noun ; plural Watermen

1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.

2. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses. [ Eng.] Dickens.

3. A water demon. Tylor.

Watermanship noun
1. The business or skill of a waterman.

2. Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke.

Watermark noun
1. A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.

2. A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.

» "The watermark in paper is produced by bending the wires of the mold, or by wires bent into the shape of the required letter or device, and sewed to the surface of the mold; -- it has the effect of making the paper thinner in places. The old makers employed watermarks of an eccentric kind. Those of Caxton and other early printers were an oxhead and star, a collared dog's head, a crown, a shield, a jug, etc. A fool's cap and bells, employed as a watermark, gave the name to foolscap paper; a postman's horn, such as was formerly in use, gave the name to post paper." Tomlinson.

3. (Nautical) See Water line , 2. [ R.]