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ˈwater-leaf
1. Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 331 Water-leaf, Hydrophyllum.
2. Arch. An ornament used in sculptured capitals, supposed to be a conventionalized representation of the leaf of some aquatic plant.
1851Ruskin Stones Ven. I. xxvii. §29 Where the Byzantines use the acanthus, the Lombards use the Persepolitan water-leaf. a1878Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. (1879) I. 120 Most of [the capitals] are of the simple water-leaf form so prevalent in the north of England. 1912F. Bond Cathedrals 90 The voluted water-leaf of the capitals [in the Galilee at Durham].
3. (See quots.)
1854C. Tomlinson Obj. Art-Manuf., Paper 25 When dry, it is complete paper, but of the kind called waterleaf, which will absorb liquids too freely, and therefore cannot be written on. 1855Herring Paper & Paper Making 64 First, we have what is termed the water-leaf, or the condition in which the paper appears after being pressed between the felts—this is the first stage. 1863Technologist III. 393 The transformation of water-leaf, or unsized paper, into a material in exact resemblance to parchment, is one of the chemical facts of the last few years. |