2. (Naut.)
Defn: Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded. Water-line model (Shipbuilding), a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model.
WATER LIZARD
Wa"ter liz"ard. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the
Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.
WATER LOCUST
Wa"ter lo"cust. (Bot.)
Defn: A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
WATER-LOGGED
Wa"ter-logged, a.
Defn: Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; — said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.
WATERMAN
Wa"ter*man, n.; pl. Watermen (.
1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.