Crossword clues for watering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc.
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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 kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc.
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(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.
Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watered; p. pr. & vb. n. Watering.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.]
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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. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
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.
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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]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wæterunge "a carrying water," verbal noun from water (v.). From late 14c. as "a soaking with water;" mid-15c. as "a giving water to (an animal);" c.1600 as "salivation." Watering-can is from 1690s (earlier water-can, late 14c.); watering-hole is from 1882 (earlier water-hole, 1670s, watering-place, mid-15c.); by 1965 in the figurative sense "place where people meet and socialize over drinks."
Wiktionary
Used to water. n. An act of watering. v
(present participle of water English)
WordNet
n. shedding tears [syn: lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing]
wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
Wikipedia
Wätering is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Usage examples of "watering".
For the last ten minutes his lips had been, figuratively speaking, positively watering over the Masai Lygonani, and this he could not stand.
I wiped a bit of down from a watering eye and stepped hastily back, away from the half-blind people staggering near me, yelling and bumping into one another.
Brianna pounded him helpfully on the back, but he motioned her away, eyes watering, and pulled himself together.
As Kheda scrubbed at his watering eyes, he saw a new monster down on the sands.
Clearly, the watering space has been man-made, since the stream banks above the watering spot are steep and rocky, while the space where Dorrin and the mare stand slopes gently into the stream and is flanked by rough stone walls on all sides-except for the ramp itself, which rises through the walls to the higher ground by the way station.
Dorrin swallows, realizing that his mouth is watering and his stomach growling.
After watering and feeding Basla, he makes three trips from the kitchen out to load his mount before he finally rides southward once more.
I blinked, eyes watering against the sun, and saw several more walk out of the wood.
They fell apart, gasping, and Jamie rolled up onto his knees, head spinning and eyes watering, trying to see.
He blinked, eyes watering, patted about his person in search of a handkerchief, then bent to rummage in his case, which he had dropped on the floor near his chair.
He rubbed a sleeve across his watering eyes and braced himself for another go.
I plunged through the brush, barely able to see for the watering of my eyes, aware too late of the low-pitched thrum of a hive at war.
My eyes were watering and I would have liked to wipe them, but I had a huge bundle in one arm and a covered basket hung on the other.
As she hoisted her carrying basket to her back, she wondered if her eyes were really weak, or if all the Others had watering eyes.
They were heading toward their watering place and the brush fence, but, sensing danger, some made a break toward the east.