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watering |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watered}; p. pr & vb n. {Watering}.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as to water land; to water flowers. With tears watering the ground. --Milton. Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. --Longfellow. 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as to water cattle and horses. 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as to water silk. Cf {Water}, n., 6. 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. {To water stock}, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf {Water}, n., 7. [Brokers' Cant] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Watering \Wa"ter*ing\, a. & n. from {Water}, v. {Watering call} (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. {Watering cart}, a sprinkling cart. See {Water}. {Watering place}. a A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc b A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc {Watering pot}. a A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc b (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus {Aspergillum}, or {Brechites}. The valves are small and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot. {Watering trough}, a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: watering n 1: shedding tears [syn: {lacrimation}, {lachrymation}, {tearing}] 2: wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
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