water-potn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəpɒt/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌpɑt/,

/ˈwɑdərˌpɑt/

Forms: see water n. and pot n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., pot n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + pot n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch wāterpot vessel for holding water (Dutch waterpot also in sense ‘chamber pot’ (1588 in Kiliaan in this sense)).In sense 3 after corresponding use (partly in post-classical Latin) of classical Latin crātēr crater n., hydria hydria n., and urna urn n.

a. A vessel, typically a large earthenware jar, for holding water. In later use sometimes also: a small container of water used to clean watercolours from paintbrushes.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > water-pitcher or -pot > [noun]

hydrec1250

water-potc1384

hydriaa1398

water pitcher1538

serai1672

chatti1781

lota1810

gamla1834

monkeya1835

stamnos1845

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John iv. 28 Therfore the womman lefte the watir pott [L. hydriam].

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 673 The waterpot sche hente alofte..And al the water on his hed She pourede oute.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 290 And she sette doun hir water pot anon Bisyde the thresshfold.

1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 86 Item, a water pot of siluer.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxiiii Water potte for a table, aiguiere.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 117 They founde here also sundrye kyndes of waterpottes made of earthe of dyuers colours.

1612 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 599 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 6 greate silver water-potts.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1643 (1955) II. 89 A morcel of one of the Water-potts our Saviour did his first Miracle in.

1702 Post Man 6–8 Aug. 2/1 Stoln..out of the House of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg, a Silver Oval Shaving-dish, a Silver Water Pot, [etc.]

1769 T. Smollett Present State All Nations VIII. 98 Minio, a neat town, famous for an earthen manufacture of water-pots.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1029 I have..seen an English moulder expert enough to make 25 waterpots a day.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 331 Striking down the choicest warriors of England with the staves on which they bore their waterpots.

1921 Man 21 130 The olla, a large water-pot about two feet high, with a narrow neck and a handle on either side.

1969 Guardian 26 June 11 Pots of paint, oil crayons, removable water pot, mixing tray, and brush for 39s 11d.

2010 J. O'Connor Ghost Light (2011) x. 166 Droplets of steam on the cover of a water-pot.

2010 M. Fabian Painting is Class Act: Years 3 & 4 35/2 They [sc. the children] should wash their brushes between colours, always wiping the brush on the top edge of the water pot afterwards.

†b. Heraldry. A representation of a water pot or wellspring; = fontal n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of domestic items > [noun] > water-pot

fontal1688

water-pot1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvi. 365 A Sea Nymph..resting her Arm upon a Water-pot or Fontall, from whence issues water all proper.

?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Bbbb4 Water-Pot, a fontal, called, also, a scatebra, out of which naiads and river-gods are represented as pouring the waters or rivers over which they are fabled to preside.

2. A portable container used for watering plants; = watering pot n. 1. Cf. watering can n. at watering n. Compounds 2. Also figurative. Now chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > watering apparatus

watering pot1448

water-pot1530

garden pot1548

watering can1685

watering pan1702

spout head1733

garden engine1744

chantepleure1842

waterer1884

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxxiiii Water potte for a gardyne, arrousouer.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Liij Here is a drie Tale (quoth Parmenio)..and well deserues a water potte.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. H4 His helmet round proportioned like a gardeners water-pot.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 185 Why this would make a man of salt to vse his eyes for garden waterpots .

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 110 Private Devotions, and secret offices of Religion, are like refreshing of a Garden with the distilling and petty drops of a Waterpot.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 168 For Places near at hand, Gardeners make use of Water-Pots.

1789 tr. J. Delille Garden iii. 57 The water-pot, or scythe, thy hand should bear, To tend the turf with never-ceasing care.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Water-Pot, a vessel..for sprinkling water on cloth in bleaching, or on plants, etc.

1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 1 Jan. 7/3 Throwing a decoction of copperas and water upon the worms, by using a water-pot with a finely perforated nose.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. x. 88 He..was to be seen all day, with spade and water-pot, in his childlike eagerness, actually running between the borders.

1908 Garden 12 Sept. 450/1 Immediately upon the completion of potting, and prior to the pots being plunged, the soil should be nicely moistened through a rosed water-pot.

1980 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 7 May 5 b (advt.) 1-gal. plastic water pot with spout.

3. Astronomy.

†a. The constellation Crater. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Crater

water-pot1546

cup1556

crater1658

1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication b iij Wherin at night Mercuri also shall sette after the Sunne with bright Hidria or water pott.

1590 T. Hood Vse Celestial Globe f. 13 The Waterpot, v. Vrna.

1763 B. Martin Young Gentleman & Lady's Philos. II. iv. i. 6 Crater; the Water-pot.

b. The part of the constellation Aquarius which is traditionally depicted as a vase or jar from which water issues (cf. water n. 27); (also) the whole constellation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius > part of

water shedder1546

water1556

water-pot1560

1560 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Thyestes iv. sig. Diiii And Capricorne that brynges the winter colde shall ouerturne, and breake thy water potte..and downe with thee to grounde, the last of all the signes shall Pisces fall.

1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue f. 158 The Crabbe and Goate lykewyse The Lyon and the Water potte, Eche fall when thother ryse.

1618 Owles Almanacke 10 The Goat, and bearer of the Water-pot.

1728 E. Hatton Math. Man. 37 (table) Aquarius's Water-pot.

1766 D. Fenning et al. New Syst. Geogr. I. Introd. p. iii Aquarius..the Water -pot.

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1848) 1st Ser. i. 2 Crabs, goats, scorpions, the balance, and the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac.

1843 S. Porter Key to Celestial Globe 13 (table) Aquarius..ζ on his right wrist..η on the water pot.

1928 H. A. Curtiss & F. H. Curtiss Truth about Evol. & Bible xx. 231 The few who have made their hearts virgin pure see the Sign of the Son of Man in heaven and the water-pot of Aquarius pouring out the mystic Water of Life upon humanity.

1985 S. Fraser-Lu Burmese Lacquerware iv. 44/1 The emblem for February, the month of Tabó-dwè, is Kon the water pot (Aquarius).

1998 W. Stewart Dict. Images & Symbols in Counselling 47 Aquarius, the water bearer, or Water Pot.

†4. Chiefly Scottish. A chamber pot. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > chamber-pot, etc.

jordan1402

pissing vessel1440

pisspot1440

urinalc1475

pissing basin1481

piss bowlc1527

chamber vessel?1529

chamber pot1540

pot1568

jordan-pot1577

night-tub1616

looking-glassa1627

water-pot1629

chamber utensil1699

member-mug1699

utensil1699

pot de chambre1777

chanty1788

pig1810

piss bucket1819

chamber1829

jerry1859

po1880

thunder-mug1890

article1922

potty1937

honeypotc1947

totty-pot1966

piss-tin1974

1629 Acct. Journey into Scotl. in Sc. Antiquary (1895) 10 91 Wilecoate, waistcoat: waterpot pots: chamber pots: cracklike, a hand-gun, a phrase applied to those who be bravado talkative folks.

1662 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1940) IX. 299 Dischairgeing the casting out of watter pots or fowll watter..at windowes.

1763 G. A. de Ronsil Plain & Easy Instr. Dis. of Bladder (ed. 2) 62 The Urine flies about as from a water-pot.

1825 R. A. Armstrong Gaelic Dict. 21/1 Amar mùin, a vessel for holding urine, a water-pot, or chamber-pot.

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Water pot, a chamber-pot.

†5. Also water-pot shell. Any of several burrowing marine bivalve molluscs constituting the family Clavagellidae; = watering pot n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Gastrochaenidae

watering-pot shell1776

water-pot shell?a1813

saxicave1826

rock borer1835

tube-shell1861

flask-shell1868

tubivalve1882

?a1813 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. VI. Pl. 188 The Water-Pot Serpula.

1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Water Pot, Serpula Penis.

1850 G. Johnston Introd. Conchol. 110 The Aspergillum.., or water-pot shell,..will be a very desirable addition to your collection.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	water-pot
释义	water-potn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəpɒt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌpɑt/, /ˈwɑdərˌpɑt/ Forms: see water n. and pot n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., pot n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + pot n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch wāterpot vessel for holding water (Dutch waterpot also in sense ‘chamber pot’ (1588 in Kiliaan in this sense)).In sense 3 after corresponding use (partly in post-classical Latin) of classical Latin crātēr crater n., hydria hydria n., and urna urn n. 1. a. A vessel, typically a large earthenware jar, for holding water. In later use sometimes also: a small container of water used to clean watercolours from paintbrushes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > water-pitcher or -pot > [noun] hydrec1250 water-potc1384 hydriaa1398 water pitcher1538 serai1672 chatti1781 lota1810 gamla1834 monkeya1835 stamnos1845 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John iv. 28 Therfore the womman lefte the watir pott [L. hydriam]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 673 The waterpot sche hente alofte..And al the water on his hed She pourede oute. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 290 And she sette doun hir water pot anon Bisyde the thresshfold. 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 86 Item, a water pot of siluer. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxiiii Water potte for a table, aiguiere. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 117 They founde here also sundrye kyndes of waterpottes made of earthe of dyuers colours. 1612 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 599 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 6 greate silver water-potts. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1643 (1955) II. 89 A morcel of one of the Water-potts our Saviour did his first Miracle in. 1702 Post Man 6–8 Aug. 2/1 Stoln..out of the House of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg, a Silver Oval Shaving-dish, a Silver Water Pot, [etc.] 1769 T. Smollett Present State All Nations VIII. 98 Minio, a neat town, famous for an earthen manufacture of water-pots. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1029 I have..seen an English moulder expert enough to make 25 waterpots a day. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 331 Striking down the choicest warriors of England with the staves on which they bore their waterpots. 1921 Man 21 130 The olla, a large water-pot about two feet high, with a narrow neck and a handle on either side. 1969 Guardian 26 June 11 Pots of paint, oil crayons, removable water pot, mixing tray, and brush for 39s 11d. 2010 J. O'Connor Ghost Light (2011) x. 166 Droplets of steam on the cover of a water-pot. 2010 M. Fabian Painting is Class Act: Years 3 & 4 35/2 They [sc. the children] should wash their brushes between colours, always wiping the brush on the top edge of the water pot afterwards. †b. Heraldry. A representation of a water pot or wellspring; = fontal n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of domestic items > [noun] > water-pot fontal1688 water-pot1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvi. 365 A Sea Nymph..resting her Arm upon a Water-pot or Fontall, from whence issues water all proper. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Bbbb4 Water-Pot, a fontal, called, also, a scatebra, out of which naiads and river-gods are represented as pouring the waters or rivers over which they are fabled to preside. 2. A portable container used for watering plants; = watering pot n. 1. Cf. watering can n. at watering n. Compounds 2. Also figurative. Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > watering apparatus watering pot1448 water-pot1530 garden pot1548 watering can1685 watering pan1702 spout head1733 garden engine1744 chantepleure1842 waterer1884 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxxiiii Water potte for a gardyne, arrousouer. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Liij Here is a drie Tale (quoth Parmenio)..and well deserues a water potte. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. H4 His helmet round proportioned like a gardeners water-pot. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 185 Why this would make a man of salt to vse his eyes for garden waterpots . View more context for this quotation 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 110 Private Devotions, and secret offices of Religion, are like refreshing of a Garden with the distilling and petty drops of a Waterpot. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 168 For Places near at hand, Gardeners make use of Water-Pots. 1789 tr. J. Delille Garden iii. 57 The water-pot, or scythe, thy hand should bear, To tend the turf with never-ceasing care. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Water-Pot, a vessel..for sprinkling water on cloth in bleaching, or on plants, etc. 1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 1 Jan. 7/3 Throwing a decoction of copperas and water upon the worms, by using a water-pot with a finely perforated nose. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. x. 88 He..was to be seen all day, with spade and water-pot, in his childlike eagerness, actually running between the borders. 1908 Garden 12 Sept. 450/1 Immediately upon the completion of potting, and prior to the pots being plunged, the soil should be nicely moistened through a rosed water-pot. 1980 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 7 May 5 b (advt.) 1-gal. plastic water pot with spout. 3. Astronomy. †a. The constellation Crater. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Crater water-pot1546 cup1556 crater1658 1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication b iij Wherin at night Mercuri also shall sette after the Sunne with bright Hidria or water pott. 1590 T. Hood Vse Celestial Globe f. 13 The Waterpot, v. Vrna. 1763 B. Martin Young Gentleman & Lady's Philos. II. iv. i. 6 Crater; the Water-pot. b. The part of the constellation Aquarius which is traditionally depicted as a vase or jar from which water issues (cf. water n. 27); (also) the whole constellation. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius > part of water shedder1546 water1556 water-pot1560 1560 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Thyestes iv. sig. Diiii And Capricorne that brynges the winter colde shall ouerturne, and breake thy water potte..and downe with thee to grounde, the last of all the signes shall Pisces fall. 1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue f. 158 The Crabbe and Goate lykewyse The Lyon and the Water potte, Eche fall when thother ryse. 1618 Owles Almanacke 10 The Goat, and bearer of the Water-pot. 1728 E. Hatton Math. Man. 37 (table) Aquarius's Water-pot. 1766 D. Fenning et al. New Syst. Geogr. I. Introd. p. iii Aquarius..the Water -pot. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1848) 1st Ser. i. 2 Crabs, goats, scorpions, the balance, and the waterpot lose their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac. 1843 S. Porter Key to Celestial Globe 13 (table) Aquarius..ζ on his right wrist..η on the water pot. 1928 H. A. Curtiss & F. H. Curtiss Truth about Evol. & Bible xx. 231 The few who have made their hearts virgin pure see the Sign of the Son of Man in heaven and the water-pot of Aquarius pouring out the mystic Water of Life upon humanity. 1985 S. Fraser-Lu Burmese Lacquerware iv. 44/1 The emblem for February, the month of Tabó-dwè, is Kon the water pot (Aquarius). 1998 W. Stewart Dict. Images & Symbols in Counselling 47 Aquarius, the water bearer, or Water Pot. †4. Chiefly Scottish. A chamber pot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > chamber-pot, etc. jordan1402 pissing vessel1440 pisspot1440 urinalc1475 pissing basin1481 piss bowlc1527 chamber vessel?1529 chamber pot1540 pot1568 jordan-pot1577 night-tub1616 looking-glassa1627 water-pot1629 chamber utensil1699 member-mug1699 utensil1699 pot de chambre1777 chanty1788 pig1810 piss bucket1819 chamber1829 jerry1859 po1880 thunder-mug1890 article1922 potty1937 honeypotc1947 totty-pot1966 piss-tin1974 1629 Acct. Journey into Scotl. in Sc. Antiquary (1895) 10 91 Wilecoate, waistcoat: waterpot pots: chamber pots: cracklike, a hand-gun, a phrase applied to those who be bravado talkative folks. 1662 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1940) IX. 299 Dischairgeing the casting out of watter pots or fowll watter..at windowes. 1763 G. A. de Ronsil Plain & Easy Instr. Dis. of Bladder (ed. 2) 62 The Urine flies about as from a water-pot. 1825 R. A. Armstrong Gaelic Dict. 21/1 Amar mùin, a vessel for holding urine, a water-pot, or chamber-pot. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Water pot, a chamber-pot. †5. Also water-pot shell. Any of several burrowing marine bivalve molluscs constituting the family Clavagellidae; = watering pot n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Gastrochaenidae watering-pot shell1776 water-pot shell?a1813 saxicave1826 rock borer1835 tube-shell1861 flask-shell1868 tubivalve1882 ?a1813 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. VI. Pl. 188 The Water-Pot Serpula. 1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Water Pot, Serpula Penis. 1850 G. Johnston Introd. Conchol. 110 The Aspergillum.., or water-pot shell,..will be a very desirable addition to your collection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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