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TIDE |
Water level |
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SHALLOWNESS |
Low water level |
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DIVE |
Go to a deeper level in water |
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TIDAL |
Subject to rises and falls in water level |
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WATER LEVEL |
The level formed by the surface of still water. |
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WATER BATTERY |
A battery nearly on a level with the water. |
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BANK |
A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water
level. |
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ASTYLLEN |
A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit
or level. |
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FLASHBOARD |
A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the
water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. |
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CAISSON |
A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is
carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. |
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FLAT |
A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of
water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a
shallow; a strand. |
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CHUTE |
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects
are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which
water passes to a wheel. |
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EMBANKMENT |
A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent
water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a
reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc. |
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BLOWHOLE |
A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the
air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each
surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. |
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REACH |
An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight
portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level
stretch, as betw... |
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STANDPIPE |
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and
a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical
pipe, near a pumping... |
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LEVEL |
...tical or
plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere
parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, a... |
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SIPHON |
...mospheric pressure; that
is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea
level. ... |