wateringn.
/ˈwɔːt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdərɪŋ/ I. The action of water v.† 1. The action of carrying water; the task of fetching water. Obsolete.Only in Old English.† 12. Sea bathing. Cf. watering place n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xii. 126 Þæt israhela folc geðafode þæt sume ða hæðenan on heora ðeowte leofodon, to wudunge and to wæterunge, on ðam widgillan lande.
2.
a. The action of giving water to plants, crops, soil, etc.; an instance of this. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > watering
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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxi. 304 Syððan hi [sc. treowa oððe wyrta] growende beoð he geswicð ðære wæterunge.
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 34 As it were a plante whan yt is wele y-rotyd, the ofte wateryng of hym cesith.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 140 And yeue hem [sc. the plants] in the hete a watteringe.
?1526 J. Fisher Serm. conc. Heretickes To Rdr. sig. A.ijv These euyll weedes [sc. heresies] nede no settynge, no sowynge, no waterynge, no wedynge.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 43v New set do aske watring [1577 watering], with pot or with dish.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. vi. 275 Their fields..stand in neede of continuall watering.
a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. C5 Folly growes without watering.
1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II ii. 231 A thorough watering..'tis scarce practicable, unless you have a Stream at hand to flow the Ground.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 63 Light waterings when the earth is dry.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 166/2 Indiscriminate watering would ruin half the plants.
1882 New Remedies Sept. 277/2 The nursery beds will require regular watering for some time.
1953 R. Chandler Long Good-bye xxxi. 188 Your Boston fern needs watering.
2002 Horticulture July 27/2 Container plantings will continue blooming until frost, if encouraged now with regular watering, fertilizing, and deadheading.
b. Inundation with water, flooding; an instance of this, esp. one that promotes the growth and productiveness of plants; an instance of irrigation.
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the world > the earth > water > [noun] > water as flooding or irrigating land
watering1594
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun]
field pondage1612
pondage1612
irrigation1626
floating-trench1649
masterwork1652
floating1669
catchwork1794
warping1799
watering1799
basin irrigation1903
sprinkler irrigation1908
sprinkling irrigation1910
spray irrigation1931
spray line1961
trickle irrigation1969
chemigation1981
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 36v And much profitable to those which dwell neere it, by the waterings [Fr. arrousemens] and other commodities which they receiue of it.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxii. 187 The which doth grow in very hote vallies, where there are waterings.
1615 G. Wither Shepherds Hunting sig. B8v The honey milkie Plaine, That is enritch't by Iordans watering.
?1705 T. D'Urfey tr. Virgil in Ess. towards Theory of Intelligible World 201 Among th' Oebalian Fields, that owe their Pride To the kind Waterings of Galesus' Tide.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 276 The river..has on its banks a range of low ground, highly capable of watering at a very small expence; but not one acre done.
1807 T. Rudge Gen. View Agric. Gloucester xii. 280 The great inconvenience of this natural watering is, that the floods usually lie too long and too deep on the lands.
1873 Engineering 31 Jan. 71/2 The quantity of water sufficient for one irrigation, or watering, is taken at 15,000 cubic feet for pasture.
1921 G. Keatinge Agric. Progress W. India iv. 82 Crops..suffer from the long intervals between the waterings.
2010 Guardian 17 Nov. (Society section) 3/4 They've trimmed a lot of trees back and left them on the side so the next watering, they'll all be back in the river again.
3. The action or process of soaking or steeping something in water, esp. in order to soften it; maceration (as of flax, hemp, etc.); an instance of this. Now rare.Flax and hemp were traditionally macerated before being spun, either by placing them in a pond or stream, or by exposing them to the dew. Cf. ret v.2, retting n.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun] > action or process
wettinga1340
moistinga1398
wateringa1398
humectation1544
moistening1559
madefaction1583
irrigationa1618
aquation1623
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > [noun] > in water
wateringa1398
yoting1511
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xcv. 986 Some [legumina]..beþ ymade swete and sauory with good waterynge.
1543 Statutes Henry VIII Index sig. A.vi Watryng of hempe and flax.
1557 Let. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1598) I. 298 [An overseer] to foresee that neither the yarne be burnt in tarring, nor the hempe rotted in the watering.
1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie ii. i. sig. E Then you must to sea..and there..breake your teeth with biskets and hard beefe that must haue watering.
1699 T. Allison Acct. Voy. Archangel 30 I caused the Fish that hung overboard for watering, to be hauled in.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 120 The method and way of Watering, Pilling, Braking, Tewtawing, &c. of Hemp and Flax, being a particular business.
1755 Douglass's Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. (new ed.) I. 301 The New England winter dry cod, are of the prime quality; they will bear watering; summer fish of New England when watered, breaks.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) x. 437 The liquid is to be..poured leisurely over the heap. As soon as it has, in this way, got two complete waterings, it is to be turned, and thoroughly mixed.
1855 W. Charley in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 23 Feb. 238/1 Bog water is..frequently used; indeed, in some districts the watering or steeping operation [for flax] is styled bogging.
1920 F. Bradbury Flax Culture xi. 109 The watering should be completed in eight to twelve days.
4. † b. The action of a person having a drink, esp. an alcoholic one. Obsolete. rare.
a. The action of giving drinking water to cattle, horses, etc. Also: the action of an animal drinking or going to the water to drink.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for animals
watering1440
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 518 Watrynge, or ȝevynge drynke to beestys, adaquacio.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xl. f. liii The watrynge of their catell and beestes bothe wynter and somer.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 120 It is good also to obserue due times for his feeding, his watering, & his trauayle.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke xiii. 15 Doeth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him away to watering ? View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 560 Thus..The wanton Courser..seeks his wat'ring in the well known Flood, To quench his Thirst.
1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iii. 214 If the Distemper should happen to be in the Kidneys, as one may perceive by the Cattle's Difficulty of Watering.., give them the following Medicine.
1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 79/2 A horse should have his brushing gallop in a morning before watering.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xx. 95 The horses were being led out to watering.
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 460/2 The feeding and watering of a number of choice young pedigree stock.
1913 Mid-Pacific Mag. May 447/2 The camel..does not require frequent watering, as does a horse.
2008 A. Pavia & K. Gentry-Running Horse Health & Nutrition for Dummies i. 12 This routine should include..watering, stall cleaning, grooming, hoof cleaning, and exercise.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun]
drinkc888
draughtc1200
drinkingc1200
wetting1340
beveragec1390
receipta1393
bever1499
potation1509
quaff1579
watering1598
wipe1600
sorbition1623
imbibation1826
imbibition1844
bibition1853
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 16 When you breath in your watering they [sc. ale-drawers] cry hem, and bid you play it off. View more context for this quotation
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 4 Come Bibber; I see thou longest to be at thy mornings watering: I'll try what credit I have with the Butler.
5. The action of obtaining or taking in a supply of fresh water, esp. for a ship.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for ship
wateringa1450
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > providing ship with water
wateringa1450
a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 125 (MED) Also þat his whete and oþer cornes brynginge, waterynge, wodinge, & prouendringe, þat al þis be siker fro harmynge of enemyes.
1561 J. Lok Let. 11 Dec. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. ii. 53 She [sc. the ship] is alone, and hath so little helpe of boat or pinnesse in her trade, & also for her watering.
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 199v They were lyke to put theyr ennemyes for the most part from wateringe.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 912 Fortifying his campe neere vnto a lake that runneth out of Danubius (for the more conuenient watering of this armie).
1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India x. 243 The Persians..had intended to have built a Fort here, whereby to hinder the Portugal Ships from watering here as they passed by.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 9 Building a Tent, to shelter the People who were to be employ'd in Watering.
1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 89 To this place excellent water is conveyed by pipes, which makes the watering of ships both easy and expeditious.
1848 F. L. Barnard Three Years' Cruize vi. 177 We commenced watering at 4 A.M., but heavy rains obliged us to leave off early in the afternoon.
1869 Glasgow Herald 15 July 4/5 The watering and provisioning of the boats was now done, and I must say that it could not have been done in a worse manner.
1914 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 493/1 His watering completed and the weather less boisterous, Herbert was out again and cruising..along the north coast of Jamaica.
2003 P. Letcher Croatia ii. 48 Watering and fuelling isn't usually a problem, with all marinas and most ports having abundant supplies of both.
6. The discharge of watery fluid from the eyes, esp. as a result of infection or irritation; an instance of this. Also: †the shedding of tears of sadness, distress, etc. (obsolete).
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > lachrymal organs > [noun] > excretion from eyes
wateringa1475
silingc1540
eye-watering1840
a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 62 (MED) Þis colliry..staunched þe watryng of þe iȝen.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 35v Thus carpes the kyng to his clene childur With weping and wo wateryng of ene Sobbyng and sikyng.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 428/1 Delachrymatio,..the watering of the eyes.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 274 A droppe or two thereof dropped into the eyes, cureth the dropping or watering of them.
1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United i. 22 If your Cattel are trobld with a Feavour or Ague, you shall discover it by the watering of their eyes.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 188 The watering of the Eyes from drinking hastily, especially pungent Liquors.
1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xxi. 323 The first symptoms are said to be..watering of the eyes.
1860 M. Reid Odd People 394 The snow-glare to which the Laplander, as well as the Esquimaux, is much exposed..brings about the copious watering of the eyes.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 483 There was some watering of and photophobia in the left [eye].
1915 S. Cocroft Beauty a Duty iii. 150 A strong wind causes irritation, inflammation and a burning and watering of the eyes.
1999 R. Tremain Music & Silence (2000) i. 48 He stood very still, his eyes blinking as they always did when he attempted to control their vexatious watering.
7. The action or process of giving a watered, wavy, or rippled appearance to the surface of a material, esp. silk or metal. Cf. moiré n.2 and adj.1, damask n. and adj. 4.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > giving watered appearance
watering1567
tabbying1839
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > damascening
damasking1591
damask-work1598
damaskeening1676
watering1841
Damascene1844
damascening1860
koftgari1874
koft-work1874
damascene work1883
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. D.viiiv The man that can not wel decerne but vseth still to buye For Sidon silke, a wullen webb of wateringes forged dye [L. Aquinatem potantia vellera fucum].
1652 H. Robinson Certain Proposalls Peoples Freedome & Accomm. 22 Watering and Chambletting of Silkes equall to those of Florence, Bononia, Lucca, Venice, and other parts of Italie.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 9 The surfaces of those threads that run the long way, are by the Mechanical process of watering, creas'd or angled in another kind of posture then they were by the weaving.
1743 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 5) at Taffety The watering..seems only intended to give that fine lustre, by a peculiar property not found in all waters.
1773 Monthly Rev. 48 App. 559 The machine constructed for the watering of silks.
1841 H. Wilkinson Engines of War vii. 200 The Jowher, or watering, of the genuine Damascus sabres.
1887 F. Pollock in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 803/2 The ‘damascening’ and ‘watering’ of choice Persian and Indian arms.
1920 Textile World 30 Oct. 98/4 The fixing of designs in relief, by glazing, embossing, watering and other special processes.
2014 R. S. Kumar Textiles for Industr. Appl. iv. 106 Moiring (watering) aims at the production of wave-shaped moiré effects.
8. † b. figurative. In to set the mouth a watering and variants: to induce anticipation or desire in a person. Obsolete.
a. Salivation in the mouth, (now rarely) on the teeth, etc., induced by the thought or anticipation of appetizing food. Often in to set the mouth (also the teeth, etc.) a watering.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [noun] > secretion of saliva > flowing of saliva in mouth
watering1590
mouth-watering1664
teeth-watering1879
1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. B4v They are like ripe plummes vpon a rich mans tree that set mens teeth a watering when they be not to bee bought.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xii. i. 357 He..brought over with him drie Figs and Raisons: the first fruits also as it were of Oile and Wine for a tast, to set their teeth a watering.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xiii. 13 A Certain Fox spy'd out a Raven upon a Tree with a Morsel in his mouth, that set his Chops a watering.
1708 Brit. Apollo 7–12 May Self-denial..will stop your Chat'ring, And keep your hungry Chops from Wat'ring.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. iii. 51 If he perceives the hour of dinner approach, this may set his mouth a watering and raise an appetite of hunger.
1832 A. T. Thomson Elem. Materia Medica & Therapeutics I. 78 The watering of the mouth, when we think on food which is agreeable.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 283 ‘The watering of the chops’ of a healthy appetite.
1922 E. T. Seton Bannertail xxv. 169 The broken mushroom..had an attractive nut-like aroma that..set his mouth a-watering.
2007 J. Colt Con Artist Catalina Island ix. 46 When I could no longer ignore the watering of my mouth, I took a bite, savoring the rich meat.
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. 138 But the covetousnesse of men, and Scaptius that first set them a longing and their teeth a watering [L. auctor cupiditatis Scaptius], prevailed more than they all.
1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. ii. 8 You keep such a billing and colling here, to set ones Mouth a watring.
1726 J. Arbuthnot et al. It cannot rain but it Pours 6 Boally's Eyes set Ms. ***'s Mouth a Watering for a Kiss.
1758 Angelica i. 17 I wish I was married to her, for I long to be handling those little plump bubbies; 'gad the very thoughts of them setts my mouth a watering.
1825 C. Lamb in Lett. (1935) II. 459 Your Gentleman Brother sets my mouth a watering after Liberty.
1884 C. H. Spurgeon My Sermon-notes: Genesis to Prov. xxxv. 114 Joyful Christians set the sinner's mouth a watering for the dainties of true religion.
9.
a. Dilution with water. In later use occasionally with down (cf. to water down 1b at water v. Phrasal verbs).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak
enervationa1575
watering1604
dilution1646
weakening1651
enervatinga1674
dissolution1684
emaciating1717
enfeeblement1805
dilutement1807
watering1840
attenuation1868
the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [noun] > with water
allaya1450
watering1604
lowering1753
1604 'A. Evesdropper' Platoes Cap sig. C Good sober Vintners I will not condemne, but rather applaud the watring of your Wine.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 July 12/1 Indian and Ceylon teas..are stronger and stand more watering.
1896 A. Conan Doyle Rodney Stone v. 78 Six drops to the half-pint seems a sinful watering of grog.
1916 Science 3 Nov. 626/1 The degree of watering down which was necessary to produce the huge increase in excretion of water.
1991 A. Hirsch Flexible Food Packaging xviii. 111 The watering of milk, which was common in the early part of this century, has been totally eliminated by the introduction of sealed bottles and containers.
b. figurative. With down. The action of reducing the strength, force, or quality of something. Cf. to water down 1a at water v. Phrasal verbs.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak
enervationa1575
watering1604
dilution1646
weakening1651
enervatinga1674
dissolution1684
emaciating1717
enfeeblement1805
dilutement1807
watering1840
attenuation1868
1840 W. Scott Appeal Doctrinal Changes 49 We must protest against any abandonment or watering down of the truth.
1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 848 Is not a great deal of that broadening [of their faith] a watering down of the authority of Christianity to pure humanism?
1907 Westm. Rev. Apr. 420 The watering-down of terms in the sphere of abstract expression.
1949 Billboard 2 July 19/4 Any watering down of the plan will be strenuously opposed.
2007 Big Issue 2 July 9/1 The continued watering down of English values.
10. Scots Law. A servitude (servitude n. 3a) giving the owner of a property the right to use water from another property, esp. for the purpose of watering cattle. Cf. watergang n. 3. Now rare.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > rights to use water
watercourse1576
watering1681
water rights1793
water privilege1804
privilege1835
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xvii. 345 Watering is a Servitude of taking water, proper to one Ground for the use of another, whether it be for the Cattel of the dominant Ground..or for other uses thereof.
1751 A. MacDowell Inst. Laws Sc. Civil Rights I. ii. vii. 681 The servitude of Watering is that whereby one has the privilege of watering his cattle within another's ground, or taking water out of the same for the use of his own tenement, or of goods and cattle thereon.
1865 J. Paterson Compend. Eng. & Sc. Law (ed. 2) i. xi. 93 Positive servitudes, as passage (right of way), aqueduct, watering of cattle, etc., can be constituted only-by grant or prescription.
1904 Sc. Law Rev. & Sheriff Court Rep. 20 100 In no case whatever is a right of watering so apparent as to pass by implied grant as a necessity for the comfortable enjoyment of a severed tenement.
11. The application of water to a street, highway, etc., in order to cause dust to settle or to prevent it rising; an instance of this. Now rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > [noun] > applying water to lay dust
watering1693
1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 120 All the Wat'ring scarce being able to lay the Dust the Horses and Coaches raise.
1798 J. Middleton View Agric. Middlesex 395 Sinking wells, erecting pumps, building carts, and hiring horses and men, to keep the dust down, by watering, instead of more wisely scraping it off.
1861 Proc. Bristol Local Board of Health 26 Apr. in P. McGrath Bristol Misc. (1985) 165 He recommends the watering of the main thoroughfares only.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 891 The defendants employed inspectors to superintend the watering of their streets.
1911 A. H. Blanchard & H. B. Drowne Highway Engin. ii. iv. 42 The traffic is so intense, that between waterings there is always plenty of dust.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > taking medicinal waters
spa1616
water drinking1684
watering1765
Kur1885
1765 G. Williams in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 403 I shall have completed my watering [at Brighthelmstone] by the Sunday following.
13. Originally and chiefly U.S. The action of increasing the value of a company's stocks, shares, etc., above the level justified by its assets, in order to give a false impression to potential investors. Cf. stock-watering n. at stock n.1 and adj. Compounds 1c(a).
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > disreputable
poison pill1653
rig1826
cornering1841
wash-sale1848
washing1849
market-rigging1851
corner1853
watering1868
wreck1876
manipulation1888
wash1891
market mongering1901
matched orders1903
grey market1933
bond washing1937
warehousing1971
bed-and-breakfasting1974
dawn raid1980
1868 Merchants' Mag. Sept. 207 (heading) Watering of railroad stocks.
1884 Christian World 13 Mar. 193/5 Nor has the management ever been charged with any watering of stock.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 27 Apr. 307/3 While doubling the partnership value is legitimate, doubling the shares of a corporation without payment for them is ‘watering’.
1921 Textile Digest Oct. 10/3 The enormous watering of capital may sooner or later react on the returns.
2005 L. H. Kaufman Leaders Count i. 32 This strategy reduced..the amount of watering significantly, and the outstanding stock and bonds more nearly represented the value of the company's assets.
II. Concrete senses.† 15. A well, spring, stream, etc., where water is obtained for domestic use. Obsolete.† 16. A place where ships obtain or take in a supply of fresh water. Obsolete.† 17. Water for irrigation. Obsolete. rare.† 18. A drink or light refreshment between meals. Obsolete. rare.
14.
a. A place by a river, lake, etc., where animals are able to drink; esp. one where cattle and horses are taken to drink. Now rare.Recorded earliest in the watering of St Thomas (see Phrases).
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > place where animals obtain water > [noun]
watering placea1387
wateringc1405
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 826 And forth we ryden, a litel moore than pas Vn to the wateryng of Seint Thomas.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 305 Saying he woulde neither eate nor drinke, but with the Gentleman his man, who scarcely had caried his horse so far as to the watering.
1607 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Serres in tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 480 The Imperials..doe often cut off the victuals from the French armie, take their baggage, and forrage, euen at their forts, and their horses at the watering.
1685 M. Scrivener tr. St. Augustine in Treat. against Drunkennesse 166 When Beasts are led to the watering, so soon as they have satisfied their Thirst.., they neither will, nor can drink at all.
1760 J. Beattie tr. Virgil 7th Pastoral in Orig. Poems & Transl. 151 At hand your heifers feed, And of themselves will to the watering speed.
1868 W. Gall Diary (National Rec. Scotl. RH4/55) 10 June Cleaning out the Waterance at the foot of the brae.
1891 Outing Oct. 68/1 There were only these waterings where the horses could come.
1923 Publ. Texas Folk-lore Soc. 92 The migration of cattle, as well as of quail, deer, and other animals, to the hills away from the waterings.
b. Supply of water for cattle. rare.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for animals > specific for cattle
watering1773
1773 Boston Gaz. 5 Apr. 4/2 Said Farm..contains near Ninety Acres of Land which abounds with excellent Watering, Pasturing, Mowing, [etc.].
1904 Texas Almanac 244 Monument spring..affords good watering for cattle.
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > place where animals obtain water > [noun] > water-hole
pitOE
watering1564
watering place1570
waterhole1653
sand-hole1897
1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. sig. L.viiv Thelders of the Iewes sayth Ieremye, sent their litle ones to the waterings, and they finding no water..brought home againe their vessells emptie.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. lxxxix. 19 Cedron, Bethsaida, and each watring els Empoison'd he, both fountains, springs and wels.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xiv. 159 Their washing is with great scrupulosity, in a common watering or in priuate cesternes, or fountaines.
1662 A. Wright Pract. Comm. or Expos. Pentateuch (Num. xx. 2) 163 God set them on purpose to this dry place, he could as well have conducted them to another Elim, to convenient waterings.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > place to renew supplies > of water
watering1582
watering place1582
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. iii. 8 The Captaine Generall..came to the Watering of Saynt Blaze, which is three score leagues beyonde the Cape.
a1645 J. Philipot Villare Cantianum (1659) 161 The Common-wealth..may from them receive necessary Intelligence of all the Roads, Waterings, Depths, and Conveniences, of most part of the Maritime places in the Known World.
1682 London Gaz. No. 1756/1 The best Water, and the most commodious Watering of any place upon this Coast.
1778 A. Parker Let. 26 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (2008) Revolutionary War Ser. XVIII. 334 Thirty six Transports..lay at the Watering.
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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 380 But that such watering may be conueighed in best sort for their growth, it must be prouided and brought by some lowe conduct.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening iii. 51 The Rain or other Waterings dissolve the Salts of the Earth.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > light meal or snacks
nuncheonc1260
morsela1382
refection?a1439
mixtumc1490
bever1500
banquet1509
collation1525
snatch1570
beverage1577
a little something1577
anders-meat1598
four-hours1637
watering1637
refreshment1639
snap1642
luncheona1652
crib1652
prandicle1656
munchin1657
baita1661
unch1663
afternooning1678
whet1688
nacket1694
merenda1740
rinfresco1745
bagging?1746
snack1757
coffee1774
second breakfast1775
nummit1777
stay-stomach1800
damper1804
eleven o'clock1805
noonshine1808
by-bit1819
morning1819
four1823
four o'clock1825
lunch1829
stay-bit1833
picnic meal1839
elevens1849
Tommy1864
picnic tea1869
dinnerette1872
merienda1880
elevenses1887
light bite1887
soldier's supper1893
mug-up1902
tray1914
café complet1933
nosha1941
namkeen1942
snax1947
snackette1952
chaat1954
ploughman's lunch1957
munchie1959
playlunch1960
short-eat1962
lite bite1965
munchie1971
ploughman1975
aperitivo2002
1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother i. ii. sig. B3v He..dines with Tully, takes His watering with the Muses, suppes with Livie.
19. A watered, wavy, or rippled appearance given to a material, esp. silk or metal; the process of imparting such an appearance. Cf. moiré n.2 and adj.1
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > waved or watered > pattern
swimming1611
watering1647
water1721
watermark1893
water waving1894
1647 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 24 2 ells of grein clothe to cover the pulpett with some silk waterings vij lib. x s.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 77 When others [sc. Cardinals] had their Caps of Red, they had theirs of water'd Chamblet, and when others wore their Purple, theirs was without watering.
1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) III. 195 The bold waterings..depend not only on the quality of the silk, but greatly on the way in which they are folded when subjected to the enormous pressure in watering.
1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 163/1 The ‘watering’ in some types of moiré is obtained by embossing or pressing during manufacture.
2002 R. Cohen By Sword ii. v. 108 The process produced the special ‘damask pattern’, the ‘damascening’ or ‘watering’ that swordsmen so prized.
20. In Romney Marsh, in Kent and East Sussex: a section of marshland forming part of a larger drainage system; (also) a ditch by which such a section is drained. Now historical and rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch > specific types of ditch
draw dike1488
lockspit1658
subtrench1669
watering1790
bottom1883
1790 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 128 (note) A manuscript map..where the names and boundaries of the waterings..are very distinctly expressed.
1790 E. Hasted Hist. Kent III. 536/1 The interior drainage, which is portioned out into a number of divisions, called waterings.
1877 L. J. Jennings Field Paths i. 4 It is necessary to keep much to the right..for the ‘waterings’ are wide and numerous, and it is very easy to lose..time..on these marshes [of Winchelsea and Rye].
1907 W. Jerrold Highways & Byways Kent ix. 189 The dykes—variously known as dicks, deeks and waterings—by which the whole marsh is so criss-crossed.
1973 K. Spence Compan. Guide Kent & Sussex ix. 169 Old maps of the area, showing..the Marsh subdivided into sections called 'waterings'.
Phrases
St Thomas (a, also of) Watering(s) and variants: the site of public executions for Surrey until the 18th cent. Hence in allusive use: death by execution. Now historical.The site was located two miles from London on the pilgrims' route to Canterbury, near a stream where horses were watered.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of > specific sites
no man's landc1350
St Thomas (a, also of) Watering(s)c1405
gemonies1598
Execution-Dock1694
barathrum1849
c1405The wateryng of Seint Thomas [see sense 14a].
c1450 (c1425) Brut (Cambr. Kk.1.12) 380 (MED) Þe King and his prysoners passyd forth by ham, til he com vnto Seint Thomas watryng.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Dvv They come home by Tiburne, or S. Thomas of Watrings.
1561 Newe Enterlude Script. Queene Hester sig. Civ I pray god they may spede, Euen as honestly, As he that from stelyng, goth to sent thomas watryng In his yong age.
1615 J. Taylor Cast over Water sig. C3v He at S. Thomas Watr'ings may goe swing.
1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. iii. 87 He may..come to read a lecture Vpon Aquinas at S. Thomas a Waterings, And so goe forth a Laureat in hempe circle!
1723 Brit. Jrnl. 6 July 5/1 Yesterday the two Althoes, Father and Son, were executed at St. Thomas's Watering.
1796 J. Burchell Arrangem. & Digest of Law 163 The usual place for execution of capital offenders in his [sc. the Marshall's] custody, is at Saint Thomas à Waterings.
1886 Anecd. Illustr. Old Test. Texts 89 John Penry, the Welsh martyr, was executed at St. Thomas a-Watering, Surrey, as secretly as it could be done, for fear of a popular tumult.
1905 T. Codrington Rom. Roads Brit. (ed. 2) 387 Such a line would cross the Old Kent Road near St. Thomas' Watering.
2002 New Statesman (Nexis) 1 Apr. The only place he [sc. Chaucer] might know is St Thomas a Watering, along the Old Kent Road.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
watering bucket n.
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1820 R. Mason Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier 138 Half an ounce of assafœdita should be placed in his watering bucket.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Watering-bucket, in the United States service the regulation bucket is made of solid leather.
1920 Harper's Pict. Libr. of World War VIII. v. 399/1 Each horse had a watering bucket of its own.
watering pit n.
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1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Abreuadero A poole, a watering pit.
1858 Economist 20 Feb. 199/1 These same cows are taken to a watering pit, and allowed to imbibe..an unlimited quantity of the coldest water.
2009 tr. K. P. Kirsch-Jung & W. von Urff User Rights Pastoralists & Fishermen ii. 17/1 In designated pastoral zones herders can dig watering pits for their animals.
watering pond n.
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1656 tr. J. Popham Rep. & Cases 171 In the Rectory was a certain Curtilage in which there is a Watering-pond.
1870 N. F. Hele Notes or Jottings about Aldeburgh vii. 76 Near the watering pond I observed a hawk of this species.
1998 R. Sanjek Future of Us All i. 19 Farms and pasture..were cleared, a watering pond and gristmill created, and wheat and food crops planted.
watering pool n.
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1539 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 294 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 The wateryng powles in the parke.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 833 The proper construction of a watering-pool is sadly misunderstood in this country.
2009 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 27 June (Travel section) 13 Others sit upstairs with binoculars.., as animals come to the watering pool.
watering system n.
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1779 G. Boswell Treat. on watering Meadows iii. 32 Warm sand, or gravelly soils, are the most profitable under the watering system, provided the water can be brought over them at pleasure.
1808 Philos. Mag. 31 49 The watering system, amongst its other evils, will be the principal source of flinty malt.
1980 Pop. Mech. May 131/1 An in-ground watering system will help your lawn's appearance.
2005 Courier-Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 18 June (Home section) 22 It makes sense to install a micro irrigation system... Some people believe a watering system will use less water, but this isn't necessarily so.
watering tank n.
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1785 J. Drinkwater Hist. Siege Gibraltar iv. 121 The navy..had begun to lay a boom of masts from the New-mole head to the watering-tank.
1876 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 18 Nov. 328/2 The storing of water in reservoirs, such as at railroad watering tanks.
2001 B. B. Colley & J. C. Monday Tales Wild Horse Desert vii. 77 Feeders are placed by each watering tank, and when the cattle come to drink, they can snack on a few of the cubes.
watering time n.
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1578 W. Hunnis Hyue Full of Hunnye (Gen. xxix.) f. 69 When the Sheepe had dronke their fill they put the Stone agayne Upon the Wel, til watring tyme the Mouth did close remayne.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Your lowing Heyfars, of their own accord, At wat'ring time will seek the neighb'ring Ford.
1920 Jersey Bull. 28 Jan. 168/3 If [the cows] hurry, or are hustled in any way at watering time, the risk of injury is..so much greater.
watering trough n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for animals > watering-trough
watering placea1387
watering trough1530
cattle-trough1887
bore1936
drinker1947
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. xxx. f.xliij He put the staues..before ye shepe, in the gutters & watrynge troughes.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 129 Watering troughs should be of sufficient height to prevent restless animals pawing over the rim.
2005 S. Cokal Breath & Bones xv. 113 Heber stopped at the watering trough and let the horses drink.
watering tub n.
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1671 Inventory in Probate Inventories Lincoln Citizens 1661–1714 (1991) 34 One watring tubb.
1790 Act 31 Geo. III c. 17 §20 Previous to any..Watering Tub or Trough, Pump, Stall, or other Projection, being taken down,..Notice..shall be given.
1949 Boys' Life May 6/2 Just then a slim young boy came up to the watering tub, closely trailed by the huge bulk of an elephant.
watering vessel n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > water-pitcher or -pot > [noun] > for carrying water
water-canc1350
watering vessela1400
barrel-ferrerc1425
bumpkin1685
waterer1884
loutrophoros1896
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15189 (MED) A man þar yow sal mete, A watrin vescel in his hand.
1659 G. Everard Panacea 21 Taking into your hands a great watering vessel..you shall water by sprinkling all the foresaid leaves.
1974 A. N. Hume Archeol. & Colonial Gardener 68 The earliest watering vessel so far found in North America is a fine brass can..discarded about 1660.
C2. † watering-man n. Obsolete an attendant, esp. at a cab or coach stand, primarily employed to water the horses; = waterman n. 4.† watering saddle n. Obsolete rare a saddle used chiefly when taking a horse to be watered.† watering table n. Obsolete rare a horizontal projecting ledge with a sloping top, set along the side of a wall to throw off rainwater; = water table n. 1.
watering bridle n. now historical a bridle with a snaffle bit, used chiefly when taking a horse to be watered; cf. snaffle n.1
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle
haltera1000
bridleOE
brake1430
gorel1480
watering bridle1502
mollet-bridle1503
headgear1538
slipe1586
chase-halter1607
branks1657
bit-bridle1676
curb-bridle1677
chain-bridle1690
blind-halter1711
ox-riem1817
blind-bridle1833
bell-bridle1836
training halter1842
hackamore1850
Pelham bridle1875
quoiler1876
knee-halter1892
war bridle1962
side pull1965
1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 347 Item, for tua small watering bridillis in Jedworth, ij s.
1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 275 A watering bridle is at all times preferable to a halter either for commanding or leading a horse.
2013 D. C. Caughey & J. J. Jones 6th U.S. Cavalry Civil War ii. 30 Men attempted to gallop their horses with only watering bridles and saddle blankets.
watering call n. Military (now historical) a call or signal summoning members of the cavalry to water their horses.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > cavalry signals
mountee1415
tucket1605
boute-selle1628
boot and saddle1697
watering call1798
stable-call1889
stable1908
1798 E. Hoyt Treat. Mil. Art I. ii. v. 165 The Watering Call, is sounded half an hour after the morning call, and is the signal for watering the horses.
1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 327/1 Watering-Call, a trumpet sounding, on which the cavalry assemble to water their horses.
2004 E. A. Campbell in B. C. Kelley & M. A. Snell Bugle Resounding 211 The first bugle-call blown was..followed..by ‘Assembly’, ‘Reveille’, ‘Stable Call’, ‘Breakfast Call’, ‘Sick Call’, ‘Watering Call’, [etc.]
watering can n. a portable container used for watering plants, typically made of metal or (more recently) plastic, with a spout ending in a perforated nozzle or rose to sprinkle the water; cf. watering pot n. 1.
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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
1685 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1924) 58 368 Belonging to thi yairds..a wattering can.
1711 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 252 For a watering cann.
1836 Floricultural Mag. July 26 The cuttings being all inserted, they are watered overhead through a fine rosed watering-can.
1958 Financial Times 1 Sept. 6 Innovations in the field, such as Woolworth's plastic watering can, have done well.
2008 National Trust Mag. Autumn 61/2 Using a watering can rather than a sprinkler or hosepipe is more accurate and uses less water.
watering cap n. Military (now historical) a cap belonging to member of the cavalry, worn on fatigue duties such as watering horses.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > military
Monmouth cap1577
watering cap1746
muff-cap1809
shako1816
chaco1826
forage-cap1827
foraging-cap1830
bearskin1843
field cap1845
kepi1861
busby1870
czako1891
forager1891
Brodrick1905
watch cap1909
gorblimey1919
split-arse cap1931
beret1948
piss-cutter1949
1746 Rep. Comm. State of Land Forces & Marines (House of Commons) 47 Sir Robert Rich had..provided a Set of Frocks, Watering-caps, and Surcingles, for the whole Regiment.
1899 J. W. Fortescue Drummer's Coat ii. 9 A tall man..wearing on his head a flat blue cap, widening out from brim to crown, with a yellow band round the forehead—the watering cap of the Light Dragoon.
2002 J. M. Volo & D. D. Volo Daily Life Old Colonial Frontier x. 186 The forage cap..was..adopted as a watering cap by the Napoleonic cavalry.
watering cart n. now historical a cart used to water the streets in order to cause dust to settle or to prevent it rising; = water cart n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > water
water cart1422
water carriage1654
water wagon1731
watering cart1758
water bodge1815
1758 London Evening-Post 9 Sept. (advt.) A Watering Cart, with Harness compleat.
1919 Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 7 Watering carts, conducted by Indian soldiers, are also spraying the roads.
2011 D. Goddard Colonizing Southampton iii. 107 The problem of transferring water from the village pump to the one watering cart.
watering-house n. now historical and rare an inn or public house where coach-horses can be watered.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc.
schooleOE
hospitalc1300
khanc1400
xenodochy?c1550
posting inn1556
vent1577
caravanserai1585
yam1587
serai1609
venta1610
post-house1611
xenodochium1612
imaret1613
seraglio1617
rancho1648
hospitium1650
watering-house1664
choultry1698
accommodation house1787
stage-house1788
spital1794
stand1805
resthouse1807
hospice1818
resting1879
stopping house1883
truck stop1961
1664 H. Bold Poems 143 I askt for th' Wat'ring-house.
1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 240 The numerous watering-houses upon the Kentish road, where postillions and stage coachmen generally refresh their horses.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 27 Watermen..who have been..rushing about, for the last two hours, retire to their watering houses.
1954 N. M. Penzer Paul Storr 36 A watering-house for hackney-coaches which kept open all night.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water
water-bearereOE
water drawereOE
tankard-bearer?1518
water carrier1532
water drawer1574
water-worker1579
water-caster1610
waterman1615
tankard-womana1667
water pumper1708
watering-man1791
water boy1823
pani-wallah1934
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman
firedrake1601
waterman1615
fireman1668
fire quencher1690
Phoenix-man1699
watering-man1791
pompier1815
firefighter1839
sapper-pumper1841
firie1982
Phoenix waterman-fireman1992
1791 World 29 Oct. The prisoner was a watering-man at that public house.
1815 Sporting Mag. 22 Jan. 185 The Inspectors are to see that all the watering men wear their badges or numbers.
1877 J. Thomson & A. Smith Street Life in London 72 The man is..attired in a manner peculiar to watering-men. Beyond the ability to groom and manage a well-fed docile horse, nothing approaching skilful labour is required.
watering order n. Military (now rare) the formation or order in which cavalry are drawn up for watering their horses; (also) the cavalry uniform for various duties including the watering of horses.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > cavalry formation > for watering horses
watering order1780
1780 Standing Orders 22nd Regiment of Light Dragoons 22 When the horses turn out in watering order, the quarter-master will be always present.
1887 Monthly Army List 1 July 193 Watering Order; to be used for exercise, for the weekly parade of horses, &c.
1892 Daily News 28 Sept. 3/5 The regiment..quitted the Spital Barracks early in the morning in watering order.
1907 G. Tancred Rulewater & its People xii. 382 The men..were often seen riding our horses in watering order.
watering pan n. (a) a portable container used for watering plants, typically made of metal, with a spout ending in a perforated nozzle or rose to sprinkle the water; cf. watering pot n. 1 (now rare); (b) a tray or shallow dish containing drinking water for animals, esp. poultry.
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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
1702 New Vocab. Eng. & Lat. 53 A Watering pan, Harpagium.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 316 Gardeners usually recommend, that all artificial waterings should be performed with the Watering-pan, as more accurately imitating the genial rains.
1902 World To-day Oct. 1984/1 The watering-pan..is placed on a shelf a foot and a half above the floor in order to keep the birds from scratching dirt into it.
1906 Agric. News 20 Jan. 27/1 Shade the beds partially with cocoa-nut boughs or other branches, and water with care from a fine watering pan.
2009 T. Brockman Seasons Henry's Farm iii. 102 Letting out the geese and chickens and guinea fowl; breaking the ice on their watering pans.
watering party n. a group of people responsible for collecting water, esp. fresh drinking water.
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1769 W. B. Monkhouse Jrnl. 21 Oct. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1955) I. App. IV, 584 We found about Sixty people sitting very orderly and peaceably near the Watering Party.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xvii. 19 When the natives had constructed a number of water-bags..a watering party was despatched with these.
2009 T. Shellam Shaking Hands on Fringe iv. 87 After Lockyer had walked for about 2 miles (near to where the watering party had gone to collect fresh water), an Aboriginal man came out of the thick scrub.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle
mail-saddle1360
trotter-saddle1381
panel1393
loadsaddle1397
packsaddle1398
limber-saddle1480
pillion1480
side-saddle1493
steel saddle1503
pilgate1511
mail pillowc1532
stock-saddle1537
pad1556
sunk1568
trunk-saddle1569
soda1586
mail pillion1586
running saddle1596
Scotch saddle1596
postilion saddle1621
pad-saddle1622
portmanteau-saddle1681
watering saddle1681
cart-saddle1692
demi-pique1695
crook-saddle1700
saddle pad1750
recado1825
aparejo1844
mountain saddle1849
somerset1851
pilch1863
cowboy saddle1880
sawbuck (pack)saddle1881
western saddle1883
cross-saddle1897
centre-fire1921
McClellan1940
poley1957
1681 London Gaz. No. 1606/4 There was also taken away, a watering Saddle.
1874 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 14 Apr. 8/2 Sets of double and single harness, watering saddle and bridle.
watering slip n. a causeway sloping down into a stream or river, used esp. for watering cattle, horses, etc.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > made for the use of cattle > for watering
watering slip1764
1764 London Evening-Post 8 Nov. Saturday Night a Coach was overset at the Watering-Slip in Barrack-street.
1886 Brit. Architect 12 Nov. p. viii/3 Building up the gap in the river wall at the watering slip.
2000 P. Pearson Heart of Dublin ii. 50 The bottom of Temple Lane was described in a survey of 1781 as a watering slip, presumably a place where horses could be washed down and ships could take on water.
watering snaffle n. now historical and rare = watering bridle n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit
kevela1300
barnaclea1382
bitc1385
molanc1400
bridle bit1438
snafflea1533
titup1537
bastonet?1561
cannon?1561
scatch1565
cannon bit1574
snaffle-bit1576
port mouth1589
watering snaffle1593
bell-bit1607
campanel1607
olive1607
pear-bit1607
olive-bit1611
port bit1662
neck-snaffle1686
curb-bit1688
masticador1717
Pelham1742
bridoon1744
slabbering-bit1753
hard and sharp1787
Weymouth1792
bridoon-bit1795
mameluke bit1826
Chiffney-bit1834
training bit1840
ring snaffle1850
gag-snaffle1856
segundo1860
half-moon bit1875
stiff-bit1875
twisted mouth1875
thorn-bit1886
Scamperdale1934
bit-mouth-
1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe ii. sig. B3v Take a Trench or watring Snaffle..then put it in the Coltes mouth.
1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iv. 301 Some, who yet think [the Trench] too hard for the Mouth, use only the plain watering Snaffle.
1950 P. F. Stewart Hist. XII Royal Lancers ii. 27 He bore the expense..of a few minor accoutrements, such as..girths, surcingles, watering snaffle, and horse-cloth.
watering stone n. now historical a stone water-trough.
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the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun]
fontOE
surge1490
eye1535
watering stone1788
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > drinking fountain
water fountain?1557
watering stone1788
scuttlebutt1801
fountain1882
1788 G. Sandy Diary 17 May in Bk. Old Edinb. Club (1942) 24 37 Through St Ann's Yards and the Duke's Walk to the Watering Stone.
1839 J. Howell in Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 105/1 In my wanderings, I had entered the King's Park by the eastern stile, at the watering stone.
2008 A. E. Byle Plainfield Township ii. 28 (caption) Gilbert Heeringa was the proud owner of this hewn watering stone, the same one he used to water his horses when he brought produce to the market in Grand Rapids.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > projecting moulding(s)
tablementa1400
tabling1410
projecture1563
rib1608
watering table1609
tableting1610
ledge1611
quarter-round1664
cornice1670
bolection1708
dress1726
tablet?1756
dressing1789
1609 in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 132 xij stone lights with there watering tables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
wateringadj.
/ˈwɔːtərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdərɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > [adjective]
wateringOE
liquid1382
moista1393
runninga1398
liquidyc1400
diffluent1592
flowsome1674
liquorous1678
diffluous1727
runny1770
liquiform1805
aquiform1835
OE Sedulius Glosses (Corpus Cambr. 173) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 33/1 [Sanctoque] liquentes [corpore mundavit latices] : þa wætrendan.
a1475 Dis. Hawk (Harl. 2340) in W. L. Braekman Of Hawks & Horses (1986) 29 Yf it [sc. the mute] be watery þt is a syngne of stoppyng; Than..lat hir hete guttes and grese and..þt wyll hele hyr amon [read anon] of þt wateryng mute.
2.
a. Of the eyes: filled with or shedding tears, esp. as a result of infection or irritation; exuding moisture, weeping. Cf. watery adj. 4.In quot. 1447 of the face: wet with tears.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > watery or gummy
waterya1398
watering1447
watered?c1450
vapoureda1542
waterish1561
weeping1566
gummy1580
liquid1598
swimming1703
gravy-eyed1785
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 10105 (MED) Þer anoon ful many a wattryng face..men myht aspye, And þe comouns þer clothys dede al to-race And weptyn eek.
c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 67 Take a rede cowle leef..and ley hit in to þe watrynge eyen.
?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 110 (MED) For wattirynge eyne.
?1543 Newe Herball (new ed.) sig. Biiiv Also yf thou haue waterynge iyen eate euery daye a lytel Betayne and it clenseth them.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum lxxxvii. 667 Eyther the gumme or the leaves and branches boyled in lye,..cureth also old running and watering sores.
1728 R. Erskine Saving Sight 81 Was it possible for you..to look upon this glorious Sun of Righteousness without a watering Eye?
1818 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 148/1 Old men are all alike:—the watering eye, The childhood of a nostril never dry.
1852 ‘E. Wetherell’ Queechy I. viii. 1148 Aunt Miriam's self-possession seemed to be shaken when she thought of Fleda; she could not speak of her without watering eyes.
1905 E. E. Gibbons Eye II. 264 The patient [with dacryocystitis] complains of a watering eye, which is often revealed to the observer by a collection of tears along the border of the lower lid and at the inner canthus of the eye.
1955 Sci. News Let. 21 May 328/1 The ozone..may be the cause of the watering eyes common in Los Angeles during smog.
2002 Asian Folklore Stud. 61 307 Fruit extract is applied to watering eyes, or is consumed to treat asthma.
b. Of the mouth, (now rarely) the teeth, etc.: filled or running with saliva, esp. in anticipation of appetizing food. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [adjective] > secreting saliva > flowing in mouth
watery1624
watering1630
mouth-watering1779
1630 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Ashm. 53) (1888) x. 186 But now to tell theire Daintie, roial, fare,..of march pane stuff, which wateringe teeth soone boordes.
1698 Æsop return'd from Tunbridge 6 Upon a lusty Bunch of Grapes, A liquorish Fox had fixt his Eyes, Who licking of his wat'ring Chaps, A thousand Tricks to reach it tries.
1723 Seasonal Apol. for Father Dominick 5 In hopes of a Dozen Meals, and half a Dozen Editions, with a joyful Heart and a watering Mouth I set about my Work.
1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes i. 5 Ye sharp state mousers, with your watering jaws.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlviii. 476 Diogenes..had been eyeing his intended breakfast with a watering mouth.
1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray I. xi. 173 Those who knew about James Falcon gave their watering mouths a wry twist.
1907 C. G. D. Roberts Haunters of Silences 208 The old bear..remembered, with watering chops, that he had even once or twice been able to catch live fish, close in shore, by lying in wait for them.
1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. xvi. 133 He had sat, with watering teeth, watching them eat strawberries.
1998 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 15 Oct. 25 My fellow pub grubber lustily shovelled a sweet concoction of treacle pudding and custard in to his watering mouth.
3. That irrigates or waters fields, crops, etc. Also in figurative contexts.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > wetting
moistinga1382
moistening1580
watering1581
madefying1646
humectant1659
wetting1661
irrigating1669
irriguous1684
humectating1738
1581 T. Rogers S. Augustines Praiers xxxv. 172 O sweete Lord, giue me a watering fountaine [L. fontem irriguum], and a cleere fountaine, wherin dailie this defiled sacrifice may be clensed.
1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 6 What shall I say to him that sowes his Land Immediately, scattering the barren Sand? Then brings in watering streames that wil suffice?
1661 G. Fox tr. St. Constantine in To Pope & Magistrates 11 The streaming watering flouds [L. decurrens..aquarum fluxus] ebb in time according as they flow.
1742 J. Hamilton tr. Virgil Georgicks iv, in tr. Virgil Pastorals 103 Let beds of violets drink the watering stream [L. inriguumque..fontem].
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 29 I feel a music which comes slant from Heaven, As tender as a watering dew.
1922 M. Platnauer tr. Claudian Panegyric Probinus & Olybrius in tr. Claudian Wks. I. 21 Let the watering streams that vein the fields give off the scent of balsam spice.
1993 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 113 200/2 Roaring wind, thunder, lightning and watering rains.
Derivatives
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > lachrymal organs > [adverb]
wateringly1621
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adverb] > wateriness
wateringly1621
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 364 No more able are wee to giue birth to so high desires, then to looke on the Sunne, without hauing..our eyes cast wateringly for presumptuous gazing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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