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Watershoot

Watershoot \Wa"ter*shoot`\, n.

  1. A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree. [Obs.]

  2. (Arch.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.

  3. A trough for discharging water.

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watershoot

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree. 2 (context obsolete architecture English) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone. 3 (context obsolete English) A trough for discharging water.

Usage examples of "watershoot".

They moved on, carefully picking their way through the quagmires and quicksand, stopping often as more geyserssome of mud, some of frothy, boiling watershot high into the air.