Wa"ter lil`y (?). (Bot.) A blossom or plant of any species of the genus
Nymphæa, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful
flowers. See Nymphæa.
The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as
Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. See Euryale, Lotus, and
Victoria, 1.
Wa"ter lime` (?). Hydraulic lime.
Wa"ter line` (?). 1. (Shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a
vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at
various heights from the keel.
In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the
horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan,
they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
2. (Naut.) 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.
Water-line model (Shipbuilding), a model of a vessel formed of boards
which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and
laid upon each other to form a solid model.
Wa"ter liz"ard (?). (Zoöl.) Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as
the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.
Wa"ter lo"cust (?). (Bot.) A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia
monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Wa"ter-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.
Wa"ter*man, n.; pl. Watermen (&?;).
1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors,
in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who
manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
2. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.
[Eng.] Dickens.