قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

القاموس الإنجليزي-الإنجليزي عبر الإنترنت من The Project Gutenberg

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Water-bearer (n.)

The constellation Aquarius.

Water-bound (a.)

Prevented by a flood from proceeding.

Water-closet (n.)

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

Water-colorist (n.)

One who paints in water colors.

Water-furrow (v. t.)

To make water furrows in.

Water-laid (a.)

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

Water-logged (a.)

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.

Water-ret (v. t.)

To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.

Water-retted (imp. & p. p.)

of Water-ret

Water-retting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Water-ret

Water-rot (v. t.)

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

Water-rotted (imp. & p. p.)

of Water-rot

Water-rotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Water-rot

Water-soak (v. t.)

To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.

Water-standing (a.)

Tear-filled.

Water-tight (a.)

So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.

Water-white (n.)

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.

Waterage (n.)

Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water.

Waterboard (n.)

A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.

Waterbok (n.)

A water buck.