Definition of "water-can" [water-can]

• The yellow water-lily, Nymphæa (Nuphar) lutea, or the European white water-lily, Castalia speciosa (Nymphæa alba): so named from the shape of the seed-vessel. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Derrick took this opportunity to secure his lunch-pail and water-can, which he slung by their chains over his shoulder."
• "I stood, with my faded water-pot carelessly dangling from three fingers of one hand, looking so absorbedly down the avenue after the vanishing outlines of a glittering carriage that had just rolled splendidly by, that the dregs of my water-can trickled all unheeded by me, down the side of my new sateen frock, accomplishing what, in the eyes of my step-mother, would seem nothing less than an absolute ruin and wreck."
• "Washing water and drinking water were served out twice a day, at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., an ordinary water-can being the allowance of the former, and a water-bottle that of the latter."