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ˈwater-can
1. A portable vessel (in mod. use, of tin-plate or other metal) for holding or conveying water.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxii. (Laurence) 361 With þat he brocht a vatir-cane, & laurens hyme baptist þane. a1400Nominale (Skeat) 485 Lauour basyn et poot ewer And watur⁓canne. 1687Shadwell Juvenal, Sat. x. 100 Mechanicks soon from that so Worship't face Forge little Platters, and small water Cans [L. urceolos]. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Water-can, a tin vessel for holding water for a dressing⁓room.
b. Astr. (With capital initial.)
1870Proctor Other Worlds xii. 287 The two streams from the Water-can of Aquarius.
2. The yellow water-lily, Nuphar lutea, so called from the shape of the seed-vessels. Also the white water-lily, Nymphæa alba.
1622Drayton Poly-olb xx. 135 With Water-cans againe, some [Nymphs] wantonly them dight, Whose larger leafe and flower, gaue wonderfull delight. 1630― Muses Elizium (1892) 18 Water-cans and King-cups ranck. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 489 Nymphæa lutea... Yellow Water Lilly, or Watercan. Ibid., N. alba... Water-lily, Water-can. |