water-cartv.
/ˈwɔːtəkɑːt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌkɑrt/, /ˈwɑdərˌkɑrt/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > cart or wagon [verb (transitive)] > provide with water-carts
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1851 C. Dickens Our Watering Place in Househ. Words 2 Aug. 433/1 The great metropolis is..so much more water-carted..than it usually is.
1882 London Bicycle Club Gaz. Aug. 198/2 Heavy rain came on about seven o'clock and continued for an hour, effectually water-carting the roads.
1897 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 27 May Exmouth was profusely water-carted from the skies. Throughout the day..heavy rain fell at intervals.
2. intransitive. slang. To weep. Cf. water cart n. Compounds 2. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)]
greetc725
weepc900
tearc950
plore1373
beweepc1374
to put one's finger in one's eye1447
waterc1450
lachryme1490
cryc1532
lerma1533
tricklec1540
to water one's plants1542
to show tears1553
shower1597
issuea1616
lachrymate1623
sheda1632
pipe1671
to take a pipe1671
to pipe one's eye (also eyes)?1789
twine1805
to let fall1816
whinnya1825
blub1866
slobber1875
blart1896
skrike1904
water-cart1914
1914 A. R. Goring-Thomas Strong Heart v. 131 He sat on the curb, and he water-carted.
a1917 W. De Morgan in W. De Morgan & E. De Morgan Old Man's Youth (1920) xxix. 282 She makes believe she knew Gromp, and I know she didn't. She'd watercart.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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