water hog

Zoology: 1. A popular name for any species of Potamo chœrus (q. v.). "The species of Pot a moc hoer us frequent swampy grounds, and sometimes receive the name of water -hog. -Chambers's Encyc . (ed. 1868), x. 73. 280 2. The genus Hydrochœrus (q. v.). water-hole, s. Mining: A sump (q. v.). water-horehound, s. Bot.: Lycopus europœus. water-horsetail, s. Bot.: The genus Chara (q. v.). chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0706.png:[blocks in formation] is placed to receive an impre ion in a stamping pre . The water-marks used by the earlier papermakers have given names to several of the present standard sizes of paper, as pot, foolscap, crown, elephant, fan, post. "The water - mark on Mr. Denison's manuscript consists of an open hand."- Athenœum , May 3, 1884, p. 563. water-meadow, 8. A meadow capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being flooded with water at certain seasons from an adjoining stream. Generally applied to meadows intersected by channels, which, by means of dams, can at any time be made to overflow the land.