watering pot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is then thoroughly watered through a fine-rosed watering pot and allowed to settle until the next day, when it is beaten solid by the back of a wooden shovel.
From Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure by William Falconer
They found underfoot a bare floor; it had been sprinkled from a watering pot earlier in the afternoon.
From The Desert Valley by Jackson Gregory
Mr. Britt seems to be swinging that watering pot of his new generosity around in pretty reckless fashion.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Holman Day
Rule 4.—Sprinkle with ice water from watering pot, or dash it out of basin with hand.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
After laying a good piece, sprinkle a little with a watering pot, if the sods are dry; then use the back of the spade to smooth them a little.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
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