2. Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.
Waterishness
(Wa"ter*ish*ness), n. The quality of being waterish.
Water joint
(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.
Water junket
(Wa"ter jun"ket) (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.
Water-laid
(Wa"ter-laid`) a. Having a left-hand twist; — said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand,
rope.
Waterlander
(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.
Water laverock
(Wa"ter la"ver*ock) (Zoöl.) The common sandpiper.
Waterleaf
(Wa"ter*leaf`) n. (Bot.) Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white
or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray.
Water leg
(Wa"ter leg`) (Steam Boilers) See Leg, 7.
Water lemon
(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.
Waterless
(Wa"ter*less), a. Destitute of water; dry. Chaucer.
Water lettuce
(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).
