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268. The next day the Bon Homme Richard, quite water logged , sank, with all the wounded on board. N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 537. water-lot (water-lot), n. A lot of ground which is under water; specifically, one of a regular system of city lots which are partly or wholly covered by the water of a bay, lake, or river, and may be filled in and converted into made ground for the erection of buildings, docks, etc. Yesterday, he said, I bought a water - lot ; that topsail schooner lies at anchor there. J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 244. water-lotus (water-lō"tus), n. The nelumbo. See lotus , 1. water-lung (water-lung), n . One of the respi spiratory trees or ramifications of the cloaca of holothurians. They are present in most of the order Holothuroidea , and have an excretory or depuratory function by the continual pa age of water through them. water-lute (water-lut), n. Any form of airtight joint formed by the agency of water; a water-seal or air-trap. water-main (water-man), n . In water - works , any one of the principal pipes or conduits running under streets, to which the lateral service pipes for supply of houses on either side of the street are connected. water-maize (water-maz), n . See maize . waterman (water-man), n.; pl. watermen (-men). [ water + man (= D. waterman = G. wa ermann ).] 1. A boatman; a ferryman; a man who manages water-craft; one who plies for hire on rivers, etc. An water water-marigold (water-mar i-gold), n. American aquatic, Bidens Beckii , Beckii , of which most of the leaves are submerged and very finely dis IMG:content-2125.png:[ocr errors] 1. The mark, wattr mark (water-märk), n. line, or limit of the rise or height of water, as in a well, a river, the sea, etc.; a water-line; especially, a tide-mark.