waterpouket

[ water-power (water-pou-er), n. The power of water employed, or capable of being employed, as a prime mover in machinery; hence, a fall or descent in a stream capable of being utilized for mechanical purposes. The water - power to which a riparian owner is entitled consists of the fall in the stream when in its natural state, as it pa es through his land, or along the boundaries of it. Or, in other words, it consists of the difference of level between the surface where the stream first touches his land and the surface where it leaves it. Gibson, C. J., 3 Rawle (Penn.), p. 90. Absorbent-strata water-power. See absorbent. water-pox (water-poks), n. Varicella or chicken-pox.