| 单词 | livery pot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslivery pot livery pot n. now historical a pot or flagon from which portions of wine were served. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > flagon wine-pot14.. stop1489 flagon1512 livery pot?1578 flagonet1598 porter-pot1764 pitch-tankard1890 carafe1950 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 12 A payre of great white syluer lyuery Pots for Wine. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 133 An old guilt Livery Pot that had lost its fellow. 1800 Monthly Epitome July 244 Some chambers had two livery pots, with wine and beere. 1963 Times 21 Dec. 9/5 Livery pots were costly vessels wrought in gilded silver for the eminent, in white silver for those of lesser degree, and in tin for inferiors. 2007 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 2 Mar. c10 Perhaps the most important items, in terms of rarity and value, are a pair of 1603 silver gilt livery pots, which were used to serve wine. < as lemmas |
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