Water-laid
adjective, Ropemaking.
1.
noting a rope laid left-handed from three or four plain-laid ropes, in the making of which water was used to wet the fibers instead of the more customary oil or tallow.
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noun 1. (in Greek architecture and sculpture) a motif of heart-shaped leaves having a conspicuous midrib.
- Waterleaf-family
noun 1. the plant family Hydrophyllaceae, characterized by usually hairy herbaceous plants having lobed, divided, or compound leaves, five-parted blue or white flowers, and capsular fruit, and including baby-blue-eyes, phacelia, and waterleaf.
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adjective 1. devoid of water; dry. 2. needing no water, as for cooking.