water ship
111water measure — noun Etymology: Middle English water mesure, from water + mesure measure more at measure : an old English system of capacity measure used for articles shipped by water and based on a bushel defined by statute in 1494 as equal to five pecks… …
112Water — Recorded as Water, Wharter, Wauter, the patronymic Waters, and the residentials Atwater and Attwater, this is an English surname of great antiquity. It has two possible origins. The first and perhaps surprisingly most likely origin, has nothing… …
113water line — wa′ter line or wa′ter•line n. 1) naut. the part of the outside of a ship s hull that is just at the water level 2) naut. any of a series of lines on the hull plans of a vessel representing the level to which it is immersed or the bottom of the… …
114Ship in ballast — Ballast Bal last (b[a^]l last), n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare} …
115water line — noun a) the outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water. b) Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half breadth plan, the… …
116Water hog — Hog Hog (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc h, hoc h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera… …
117water-bus — /waw teuhr bus , wot euhr /, n., pl. water buses, water busses. 1. vaporetto. 2. any small ship or boat serving as a passenger shuttle. [1925 30] * * * …
118water carrier — 1. a person who carries water, as to a body of troops. 2. a pipe, duct, or tank for conveying water. 3. a ship that transports goods or persons by waterway or sea routes. [1645 55] * * * …
119ship — 1. noun /ʃɪp/ a) A water borne vessel larger than a boat. b) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. See Also: shipper, skiff …
120water bottom — noun 1. a. : the space between the outer and inner bottom plating in a ship used to carry water ballast b. : a similar space in a petroleum storage tank 2. : land underlying water …
