water rent (water rent)

Same as water rate. The final combination of dubbing, whitening, water proofing , etc., it is claimed, gives the leather a superior 2. The material with which a substance is made waterproof, as caoutchouc, a varnish, or an oil. ting , 1. Encyc. Brit ., IX. 294. water-ret (water-ret), v. t. Same as water - rot. water-retting (water-ret"ing), n. See ret As umbrellas were not used by men, as being too effeminate, and india-rubber waterproofing was only to be discovered more than a century later, men in Anne's reign had to put their trust in good broadcloth cloaks. J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 159. water-propeller (water-pro-pel"ėr), n . A rotary pump. E. H. Knight.