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a tiny rain god you carry by the handle for plants too proud to ask
means A portable container with a handle and a perforated spout, used to pour water gently onto plants.
from A plain compound of "watering" (the act of supplying water, from Old English wæter) and "can" (a vessel, from Old English canne, related to similar words across the Germanic languages). The device was earlier called a "watering pot," and "watering can" gradually took over as the everyday name; the perforated nozzle that softens the flow is called a "rose," likely for the way it spreads water like the bloom of a flower.
- the spout
- that perforated tip is called a rose
- ancient roots
- used in form since Roman gardens
- named late
- term watering can dates to 1690s
- gravity engine
- works on pure physics, zero moving parts
- collector cult
- antique cans fetch hundreds at auction
haws watering can — british-made galvanized steel watering cans produced since 1886, still manufactured in shropshire
dramm one touch — popular american watering can with rose head attachment, made by dramm corporation in wisconsin