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Resembling water; thin; watery. Feed upon such nice and waterish diet. Shak.

The quality of being waterish.

nites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.

Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray.

Destitute of water; dry. Chaucer.

rs, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.

The business or skill of a waterman.

A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.

ruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon.

A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.

Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

The act or process of making waterproof.

A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape. [Jocose] Fairholt.

The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.

A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.

A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep. [Prov. Eng.]

e sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed.

See Anacharis.

An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.