WATER SOLDIER
Wa"ter sol`dier. (Bot.)
Defn: An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet- shaped leaves.
WATER SOUCHY
Wa"ter souch`y. (Cookery)
Defn: A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water. [Written also water souchet.] See Zoutch.
WATER SPANIEL
Wa"ter span"iel.
Defn: A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
WATER SPARROW Wa"ter spar"row. (Zoöl.) (a) The reed warbler. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
WATER SPEEDWELL
Wa"ter speed"well. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in
Europe and America.
WATER SPIDER Wa"ter spi"der. (Zoöl.) (a) An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider. (b) A water mite. (c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; — called also raft spider.