the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Standing out of, or rising above, water.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In botany, standing out of or raised above water; raised partially above surrounding leaves: applied to the capsules of mosses.
Word Usage
"As I grew older, the amount of “scrappers” that I knew grew exponentially, and now I feel fully emersed in the language, the lifestyle, and worst of all, the ecological consequences."