watering
[ waw-ter-ing, wot-er- ]
Origin of watering
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How to use watering in a sentence
A few lines further on, he speaks of the eggs being "wafted thither by harvest waterings."
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose BlacklockThe scholer was hanged, on Shrouetuesdaie at saint Thomas Waterings, and the frier condemned to perpetuall prison.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (7 of 9) | Raphael HolinshedDelphiniums are greedy feeders, and pay for rich cultivation and for liberal manurial mulches and waterings.
Wood and Garden | Gertrude JekyllIn ten days, having given meanwhile two waterings of liquid manure, I prune the bushes back sharply.
The Garden, You, and I | Mabel Osgood WrightThe flowers in the garden borders drooped their heads in spite of persistent and frequent waterings.
The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson | Laura Dent Crane
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