watershutt (water shut)

That which stops the pa age of water. Who all the morne Had from the quarry with his pick-axe torne A large well-squared stone, which he would cut To serve his stile, or for some water - shut . W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals. (Nares.) waterside (wa'tér-sid), n . The brink of water; the bank or margin of a river, stream, or lake; the sea-shore: sometimes used attributively. Come, Master Belch, I will bring you to the water-side, Dekker and Webster, Northward Ho, ii. 1. Water side insects are well described, particularly the ephemeridæ. The Academy , April 25, 1891, p. 392. perhaps to Wapping, and there leave you.