watering-pots

‘I don’t believe in those sticks, and scissors, and watering-pots.

Wylder's Hand 2003

See all my watering-pots, and pruning-scissors, my sticks, and bass-mat, and glass covers.

Wylder's Hand 2003

When the sun went down the Monkeys took the watering-pots, and began to water the young trees.

More Jataka Tales E. C. Babbitt

One day he came into his room and found two watering-pots there.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various

Then he showed them where the watering-pots were kept, and went away.

More Jataka Tales E. C. Babbitt

Newcomes of to-day, like their prototype in the novel, may very well have come to the belief that there is no salvation from that besetting demon of reason and "intellectual pride," but in a religion of sensuousness and externalism which Sydney Smith, himself, of course, a clergyman, once contemptuously designated as "painted jackets and sanctified watering-pots".

Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles W. R. Washington Sullivan

In its absence, the watering-pots should be kept full under the stage, and they will be ready when wanted.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

Antoinette disliked the great pomp of court functions and liked to play at the simple life, so shepherdesses, shepherd's crooks, hats, wreaths of roses, watering-pots and many other rustic symbols became the fashion.

Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Lucy Abbot Throop

Ah, here are hermit-girls, with watering-pots just big enough for them to handle.

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

Briefly, its chief principles are simple diet, the application of water by means of wet sheets, douches, hose, or watering-pots; the covering of the wet body with dry underwear; and stimulation of the imagination, together with physical invigoration, by long walks afield barefoot, or with sandals; and lastly, music and mental diversions.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence