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After a brief summary of its various applications over many years, the Green function approach is exemplified in the common situation of two-dimensional motion to determine the outgoing waves produced at infinity by two types (completely submerged, partially immersed) of incomplete vertical wave-maker in water of infinite depth and extent, followed by the derivation of the slope potential for the same region. The surface tension is included in both problems -- being in fact an essential requirement of the second problem; in the first problem it is beneficial in explaining the approach to exclude it initially, however. In the first and harder problem it is seen how the theory can be used to determine an important feature of the motion when it is difficult or impossible to obtain this in full, whereas in the second and simpler problem this difficulty does not arise and a full solution is obtainable. For both problems the important preliminary is the determination of the exact Green's function, a matter of some complexity in the first problem, where it represents the velocity potential for incident waves past an incomplete barrier -- a problem of interest in its own right. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0895.00032].