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waterer|ˈwɔːtərə(r)|
[f. water v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who waters plants, crops, etc. lit. and fig.
In 17th c. religious literature somewhat common in allusions to 1 Cor. iii. 7, 8.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. iii. 6–7 Yf the husband manne be of thys dysapoynted, nothyng in maner preuayleth, the gardiner, nor yet the waterer. 1602Carew Cornwall i. 80 This ill weed,..maugre the warmers and waterers, hath by her Maiesties gracious breath beene euer parched vp. 1607[R. Parker] Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. ii. v. 2 The Magistrate must be a remoouer, or reviver of the Ceremonies controversed: a weeder or a waterer of them. 1621R. Johnson Way to Glory 23 The very titles that the holy Ghost doth giue them [sc. gospellers] in Scripture,..as..Waterers, Builders, Stewards, [etc.]. 1703J. Freame Test. in C. Marshal Sion's Trav. (1704) b v b, He was both a Planter, as well as a Waterer in God's Vineyard. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 387 Watering plants in pots requires much more consideration on the part of the waterer than watering in free soil.
†b. One who practises irrigation. Obs. rare.
1789T. Wright Meth. Watering Meadows (1790) 22 This method..is..taught by a systematical waterer in Staffordshire.
†2. = Aquarius. Obs. rare—1.
1546Gassar's Prognost. b v, In y⊇ signe Aquari or waterer.
3. One who is sent ashore to obtain a supply of fresh water for a ship's company.
1773J. Hawkesworth Voy. III. 498 Having..sent the boat away, [he] set out to join the waterers by land. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 127 Sail-makers, coopers, waterers, and wood-cutters. 1781Gentl. Mag. LI. 278 The Indians still continuing troublesome, and attacking the waterers with stones at the well.
4. One who supplies animals with drinking water.
1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxi, He was a mere waterer of horses. 1888Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 27 The shift of waterers was sent out..to seek a cattle pool some miles lower in the valley.
†5. A visitor at a spa or watering-place. Obs.
1776S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleas. (1777) I. 59 My wife says, he understands to a nicety, what, some of the waterers [at ‘Buxton bath’] call, the etiquette of dress.
6. A container used for supplying water to animals or plants.
1891in Century Dict. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Nov. p. xii/5 Would you make a plant waterer or a..pea-shooter? 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. (Suppl.) 31/3 With deep litter, the use of a droppings pit and waterers over it [sc. in a poultry house] are a further help. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Oct. 240 The food cups and waterers [for the rats] were replaced with clean containers. 1981Farmstead Mag. Winter 85 (Advt.), Includes choosing proper breeds [of rabbits], housing, feeders, waterers, feeding and diets, rabbit management, disease prevention, marketing. |