{ Wa"ter feath"er (?). Wa"ter feath"er-foil` (?). } (Bot.) The water
violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H.
inflata.
Wa"ter flag` (?). (Bot.) A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus)
having bright yellow flowers.
Wa"ter flan"nel (?). (Bot.) A floating mass formed in pools by the
entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora
crispata).
Wa"ter flea` (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small aquatic
Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; — so called
because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
Wa"ter*flood` (?), n. [AS. wæterfld.] A flood of water; an inundation.
Wa"ter floun"der (?). (Zoöl.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).
[Local, U. S.]
Wa"ter*fowl` (?), n. 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.
Wa"ter fox` (?). (Zoöl.) The carp; — so called on account of its
cunning. Walton.
Wa"ter frame` (?). A name given to the first power spinning machine,
because driven by water power.
Wa"ter fur"row (?). (Agric.) A deep furrow for conducting water from
the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
Wa"ter-fur"row, v. t. To make water furrows in.
Wa"ter gage` (?). See Water gauge.
Wa"ter gall` (?). 1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water;
a washout.
2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a
secondary or broken rainbow.
These water galls, in her dim element, Foretell new storms to those
already spent.
Shak.
False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the water
gall by the rainbow.
Walpole.
Wa"ter gang` (?). (O. E. Law) A passage for water, such as was usually
made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. Burrill.
Wa"ter gas` (?). (Chem.) See under Gas.
Wa"ter gate` (?). A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is
permitted, prevented, or regulated.