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Scott, Antiquary, vii. 2. A faintly marked letter, figure, or design in the fabric of paper, that denotes its size or its manufacturer, usually barely noticeable except when the sheet is held against strong light. made in the proce of manufacture by the pre ure of wires on the moist pulp. The water-marks used by the earlier paper-makers have given names to several of the present standard sizes of paper, as pot , foolscap , crown, elephant, and post , the last being so called from the device water-mark (wa'tėr-märk), v . t . 1. To mark or stamp with water-lines: as, to water - mark a postman's horn as water-mark. paper; a water - marked page.-2. To mark, inscribe, or embody in water-lines. They are without the final refinement of the recurring title water - marked in the lower margins of the page. The Century , XXXIX. 94. water-meadow (water-med"ō), n. A meadow capable capable of being kept kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water at certain seasons from some adjoining stream.