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watering

noun B1
  1. An act of watering, that is, pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid. · The plants receive regular waterings.
  2. The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.

Plural waterings

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Their parties abroad were less varied than before; and at home she had a mother and sister, whose constant repinings at the dulness of everything around them threw a real gloom over their domestic circle; and, though Kitty might in time regain her natural degree of sense, since the disturbers of her brain were removed, her other sister, from whose disposition greater evil might be apprehended, was likely to be hardened in all her folly and assurance, by a situation of such double danger as a watering-place and a camp.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 268 · B2
Descending into the grotto, he lifted the stone, filled his pockets with gems, put the box together as well and securely as he could, sprinkled fresh sand over the spot from which it had been taken, and then carefully trod down the earth to give it everywhere a uniform appearance; then, quitting the grotto, he replaced the stone, heaping on it broken masses of rocks and rough fragments of crumbling granite, filling the interstices with earth, into which he deftly inserted rapidly growing plants, such as the wild myrtle and flowering thorn, then carefully watering these new plantations, he scrupulously effaced every trace of footsteps, leaving the approach to the cavern as savage-looking and untrodden as he had found it.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 265 · C1
The tower contained implements, such as spades, rakes, watering-pots, hung against the wall; this was all the furniture.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 647 · C1
It filled a watering can and gently poured moisture over the thirsty roots.
The Robot Gardener, p. 1 · B2

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