Earthen+jar

  • 121Chinese city wall — Ming Dynasty City wall of Xi an, showing elaborate wall towers Chinese city walls (traditional Chinese: 城牆; simplified Chinese: 城墙; pinyin: chéngqiáng; literally: city wall ) refer to civic defensive systems used to protect towns and cities in …

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  • 122urn — urnlike, adj. /errn/, n. 1. a large or decorative vase, esp. one with an ornamental foot or pedestal. 2. a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead. 3. a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in… …

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  • 123Latin American art — Introduction       artistic traditions that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500, respectively, and continuing to the present.       This article… …

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  • 124 — 【부】 장군 (술.장을 담는 배가 불룩하고 목 좁은 아가리가 있는 질그릇) 양병; 질장구; 용량 (4斛) 缶부 0획 (총6획) [1] earthen crock or jar with a narrow opening [2] Kangxi radical 121 フ·ほとぎ 鼓缶 (고부) 장구를 두드림. 장구를 쳐서 소리를 냄 …

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  • 125urn — late 14c., vase used to preserve the ashes of the dead, from L. urna a jar, vessel, probably from earlier *urc na, akin to urceus pitcher, jug, and from the same source as Gk. hyrke earthen vessel. But another theory connects it to L. urere to… …

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  • 126urn — [[t]ɜrn[/t]] n. 1) fia a large or decorative vase, esp. one with an ornamental foot or pedestal 2) a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead 3) cvb a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in… …

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  • 127crock — I. /krɒk / (say krok) noun 1. an earthen pot, jar, or other vessel. 2. a potsherd. 3. a piece of crockery (def. 2). 4. Also, crock of shit. Colloquial nonsense; rubbish. {Middle English crokke, Old English croc(c), crocca pot. Compare Icelandic… …

  • 128stean —  1) a stone. North.  2) an earthen pot like a jar, Exm …

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