water line
Webster Dictionary
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
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plumb
(ʌm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line.
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level
Webster Dictionary
a line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere
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whitewash
Webster Dictionary
a composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime
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entrance
Webster Dictionary
the angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line
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trass
Webster Dictionary
a white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water
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careen
Webster Dictionary
to cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel
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alignment
Webster Dictionary
the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron
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line
Webster Dictionary
a series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings
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wl
(ˈwɪz ənd, ˈwi zənd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, w.l. water line.
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cast
(æst, kɑst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the act of throwing a fishing line or net onto the water.
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broadside
(ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the whole side of a ship above the water line.
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shoreline
(ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn, ˈʃoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the line where shore and water meet.
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shoreline
(shoreline)
Princeton's WordNet
a boundary line between land and water
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watermark
Webster Dictionary
see Water line, 2
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water level
(ˈwɔ tər lɪs, ˈwɒt ər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the level to which a vessel is immersed; water line.
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lead line
(ɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a line by which a lead is lowered into the water to take soundings.
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hull
(ʌl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to pierce (the hull of a ship), esp. below the water line.
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troll
(troll, trolling)
Princeton's WordNet
angling by drawing a baited line through the water
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trolling
(troll, trolling)
Princeton's WordNet
angling by drawing a baited line through the water
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troll
(troll)
Princeton's WordNet
angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
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sounding
(sounding)
Princeton's WordNet
a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
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sounding
(sounding)
Princeton's WordNet
the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
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water line
(ˈwɔ tər lɪs, ˈwɒt ər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the line in which water at its surface borders upon a floating body.
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transom
(ˈtræn səm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a flat termination to the stern of a ship, above the water line.
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skitter
(skitter)
Princeton's WordNet
twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
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still-fish
(still-fish)
Princeton's WordNet
fish with the line and bait resting still or stationary in the water
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cast
(casting, cast)
Princeton's WordNet
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
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casting
(casting, cast)
Princeton's WordNet
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
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fathom
(fathom, sound)
Princeton's WordNet
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
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