Definition of "watering-pot" []

• A vessel, usually a somewhat tall can, most often of cylindrical section, sometimes oval, with a long spout springing from near the base, used forwatering plants and for other similar purposes, as sprinkling sidewalks. (noun)
• In conchology, any species of the genus Aspergillum, as A. vaginiferum. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "MRS. SOLNESS moves about noiselessly with a small watering-pot, attending to her flowers."
• "The sound of the watering-pot on the leaves filled Father"
• "He respected learned men greatly; he respected the ignorant still more; and, without ever failing in these two respects, he watered his flower-beds every summer evening with a tin watering-pot painted green."