ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

acres; real estate &c (property) 780; landsman † .
V. land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore,
debark.
Adj. earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene &c (world)
318; landed, predial † , territorial; geophilous † ; ripicolous.
Adv. ashore; on shore, on land.
343. Gulf. Lake -- N. land covered with water, gulf, gulph † , bay, inlet, bight, estuary,
arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet; frith † , firth, ostiary † , mouth; lagune † , lagoon;
indraught † ; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut,
kyles † ; continental slope, continental shelf.
lake, loch, lough † , mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin † , puddle, slab, well,
artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch,
dike, dyke, dam; reservoir &c (store) 636; alberca † , barachois † , hog wallow [U.S.].
Adj. lacustrine † .
344. Plain -- N. plain, table-land, face of the country; open country, champaign country † ;
basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath,
common, wold † , veldt; moor, moorland; bush; plateau &c (level) 213; campagna † ; alkali
flat, llano; mesa, mesilla [U.S.], playa; shaking prairie, trembling prairie; vega [Sp.].
meadow, mead, haugh † , pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat † ,
greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather; lea, ley, lay; grounds; maidan † , agostadero † .
Adj. champaign † , alluvial; campestral † , campestrial † , campestrian † , campestrine † .
345. Marsh -- N. marsh, swamp, morass, marish † , moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough,
sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall [U.S.], cienaga † , jhil † , vlei † .
Adj. marsh, marshy; swampy, boggy, plashy † , poachy † , quaggy † , soft; muddy, sloppy,
squashy; paludal † ; moorish, moory; fenny.
346. Island -- N. island, isle, islet, eyot † , ait † , holf † , reef, atoll, breaker; archipelago;
islander.
Adj. insular, seagirt; archipelagic † .
3. Fluids in Motion
347. [Fluid in motion.] Stream -- N. stream &c (of water) 348, (of air) 349.
flowmeter.
V. flow &c 348; blow &c 349.
348. [Water in motion.] River -- N. running water.
jet, spirt † , spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.
water spout, water fall; cascade, force, foss † ; lin † , linn † ; ghyll † , Niagara; cataract,
rapids, white water, catadupe † , cataclysm; debacle, inundation, deluge; chute, washout.
rain, rainfall; serein † ; shower, scud; downpour; driving rain, drenching rain,
cloudburst; hyetology † , hyetography † ; predominance of Aquarius † , reign of St.