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Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.

Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.

Same as Inch of water, under Water.

A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.

The common sandpiper.

The common sandpiper.

See Leg, 7.

The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.

A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.

The level formed by the surface of still water.

A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.

A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.

Hydraulic lime.

Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.

Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.

Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

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.

Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2.