Wa"ter pim"per*nel (?). (Bot.) A small white- flowered shrub;
brookweed.
Wa"ter pipe (?). A pipe for conveying water.
Wa"ter pitch"er (?). 1. A pitcher for water.
2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The
sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.
Wa"ter plant` (?). A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
Wa"ter plan"tain (?). (Bot.) A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See
under 2d Plantain.
Wa"ter plate` (?). A plate heated by hot water contained in a double
bottom or jacket. Knight.
Wa"ter po"a (?). (Bot.) Meadow reed grass. See under Reed.
Wa"ter poise` (?). A hydrometer.
Wa"ter pore` (?), 1. (Zoöl.) A pore by which the water tubes of various
invertebrates open externally.
2. (Bot.) One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants.
They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely
resemble ordinary stomata. Goodale.
Wa"ter*pot` (?), n. A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for
sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
Wa"ter pow"er (?). 1. The power of water employed to move machinery,
etc.
2. A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a
water mill; a water privilege.
Wa"ter pox` (?). (Med.) A variety of chicken pox, or varicella.
Dunglison.
Wa"ter priv"i*lege (?). The advantage of using water as a mechanical
power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used. See under
Privilege.
Wa"ter*proof` (?), a. Proof against penetration or permeation by water;
impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
Wa"ter*proof`, n. 1. A substance or preparation for rendering cloth,
leather, etc., impervious to water.
2. Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of
other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of
such material.
Wa"ter*proof` (?), v. t. To render impervious to water, as cloth,
leather, etc.
Wa"ter*proof`ing, n. 1. The act or process of making waterproof.