Wa"ter*ish*ness, n. The quality of being waterish.
Wa"ter joint` (?). (Arch.) 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.
Wa"ter jun"ket (?). (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.
Wa"ter-laid` (?), a. Having a left-hand twist; — said of cordage; as, a
water-laid, or left-hand, rope.
{ Wa`ter*land"er (?), Wa`ter*land"i*an (?) } n. (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.
Wa"ter la"ver*ock (?). (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.
Wa"ter*leaf` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the American genus
Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.
Gray.
Wa"ter leg` (?). (Steam Boilers) See Leg, 7.
Wa"ter lem"on (?). (Bot.) The edible fruit of two species of passion
flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); — so called in the
West Indies.
Wa"ter*less, a. Destitute of water; dry. Chaucer.
Wa"ter let"tuce (?). (Bot.) A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on
tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Wa"ter lev"el (?). 1. The level formed by the surface of still water.