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De - Pt| English Dictionary: watering | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for watering | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Watering}.] [AS. w[91]terian, gew[91]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]: | |
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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[94]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. | |
