'Watering' definitions:

Definition of 'watering'

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noun
Shedding tears [syn: lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering]
noun
Wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"

Definition of 'Watering'

From: GCIDE
  • Watering \Wa"ter*ing\, a. & n. from Water, v. [1913 Webster]
  • 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) (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Watering'

From: GCIDE
  • Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watered; p. pr. & vb. n. Watering.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. [1913 Webster]
  • With tears watering the ground. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. [1913 Webster]
  • 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] [1913 Webster]

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