An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Water-craw, s. The water ouzel, S.
Stat. Acc.

Water-kelpie, s. The spirit of the waters.
Minstr. Bord.

Water-mouth, s. The mouth of a river, vulgarly Watter-mow, S. B.
Chart. Ja. VI.

Watergang, s. The race of a mill.
Acts Ja. I.

Water-purpie, s. Common brooklime, an herb, S.

Water-shed, s. The highest ground in any part of a country, from which rivers descend in opposite directions, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

Water-slain moss, peat earth carried off by water, and afterwards deposited, S.
Walker.

Water-wraith, s. The spirit of the waters, S. B.
V. [Wraith].

WATH, s. A ford.
Stat. Acc.

A. S. wad, Belg. waede, Lat. vad-um.