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watermarks - 3 dictionary results

wa⋅ter⋅mark

[waw-ter-mahrk, wot-er-]
–noun
1. a mark indicating the height to which water rises or has risen, as in a river or inlet.
2. water line (def. 5).
3. a figure or design impressed in some paper during manufacture, visible when the paper is held to the light.
–verb (used with object)
4. to mark (paper) with a watermark.
5. to impress (a design, pattern, etc.), as a watermark.

Origin:
1625–35; water + mark 1

water line

–noun
1. Nautical. the part of the outside of a ship's hull that is just at the water level.
2. Naval Architecture. any of a series of lines on the hull plans of a vessel representing the level to which the vessel is immersed or the bottom of the keel. Compare load line, Plimsoll line.
3. the line in which water at its surface borders upon a floating body.
4. water level (def. 2).
5. Also called watermark. a line indicating the former level or passage of water: A water line all around the cellar served as a reminder of the flood.
6. a pipe, hose, tube, or other line for conveying water.
Also, wa⋅ter⋅line.


Origin:
1615–25
wa·ter·mark   (wô'tər-märk', wŏt'ər-)   
n.  
    1. A mark showing the greatest height to which water has risen.
    2. A line indicating the heights of high and low tide.
    3. A translucent design impressed on paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is held to the light.
    4. The metal pattern that produces this design.
    1. A translucent design impressed on paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is held to the light.
    2. The metal pattern that produces this design.
tr.v.   wa·ter·marked, wa·ter·mark·ing, wa·ter·marks
  1. To mark (paper) with a watermark.
  2. To impress (a pattern or design) as a watermark.
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