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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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1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with
water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
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With tears watering the ground. --Milton.
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Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the
woodlands. --Longfellow.
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2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to
drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
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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.
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4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity
or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend;
to dilute; to weaken.
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{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]
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Watering \Wa"ter*ing\,
a. & n. from {Water}, v.
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{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.
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