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ˈwater-borne, a.
[borne ppl. a.]
1. Of a boat: Supported by the water so as to be clear of the ground or bottom upon which it has rested; afloat.
1608Relat. Trav. W. Bush E 2 b, Into which River he passed with his wheeles, vntill he was water-borne. 1644H. Manwayring Sea-mans Dict. 114 When a ship is even just of the ground that she floates, then she is water-borne. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 254 Launches..were employed in carrying out warps to drag the ships through the mud, as soon as they should be water-borne. 1896Strand Mag. XII. 322/1 The available width for launching is limited, and ships, as a rule, must be pulled up as soon as they are water-borne or completely afloat.
b. transf. Said of a living body or an inanimate object.
1886R. C. Leslie Sea Painter's Log i. 13 Redshanks, godwits, knots, and other waders can move as fast or faster just waterborne in shallow pools..than they can run. 1886Manch. Courier 14 Dec. 8/5 He thought most of the [capsized lifeboat] men were water-borne. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. iii. 73 In a dory the weight of a cod is water-borne till the last minute.
2. Of goods:
a. Carried or transported by water; conveyed by ship or boat. Hence of traffic, commerce.
1702Luttrell Brief Rel. V. 158 This day they [the commons]..past the bill for measuring waterborn fruit. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4818/1 Duties upon Coals to be Water⁓born, and carried Coast-wise. 1790Act 30 Geo. III, c. 55 §17 Butter..to be..water-borne, from the said Market, shall be viewed. 1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames xi. 331 Fruit and Vegetables, water-borne on the Thames. 1871Daily News 19 May, Scarcely one-third of the fish brought to Billingsgate is waterborne. 1916Blackw. Mag. July 35/2 The orders were to avoid all collisions with the enemy as long as he made no attempt to interrupt our water-borne traffic. 1916Edin. Rev. July 180 Sailing directions are as old as water-borne commerce.
b. Put aboard a vessel for shipment.
1558–9Gresham in Burgon Life (1839) I. 258 To under⁓stand perfectly at the customers' hands, at the same day, whether all the cloths and kerseys be entryed and shipped and water-borne. And being once all water-borne, then to make a stay of all the fleete. 1662Act 14 Chas. II, c. 11 §7 If any Wharfinger..shall Ship off or suffer to be Water⁓born at or from any of theire said Wharfs..any Goods..prohibited..such Wharfinger.. shall..pay the Summe of One hundred pounds. 1859in Merc. Marine Mag. (1860) VII. 7 Goods thus shipped, or water-borne to be shipped.
3. Of disease: Communicated or propagated by the use of contaminated drinking-water.
1892Daily News 24 Nov. 2/1 Any waterborne epidemic. 1894Pop. Sci. Monthly XLIV. 558 That leads to the dissemination of water-borne diseases. |
