英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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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.