Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any pot or vessel for holding, conveying, or distributing water.
- noun Same as
watering-pot , 1. - noun A chamber-pot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
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- noun A
pot orjug for holdingwater .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whether the token of the man with the waterpot was a preconcerted signal or an instance of our Lord's supernatural knowledge and sovereign sway, his employment as a silent and probably unconscious guide testifies to
Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Alexander Maclaren 1868
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The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things, that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
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The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men
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The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men
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So might the chocolate-skinned, blue-robed peasantry; the women carrying progeny on their hips, with the eternal waterpot on their heads; and the men sleeping in the shade or following the plough, to which probably Osiris first put hand.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
John 4. 1999
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The women then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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It was kindly done to leave her waterpot behind her; that Jesus and his disciples, whom she now saw come up to him, might have wherewithal to drink.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Covered with matted locks and attired in golden rays, he bore in his hands, O king, a staff made of gold and a waterpot made of the same precious metal.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The woman then left her waterpot and went her way.
The Gospel of John for Readers Lightheart
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