tinaja

The narrow defile up which we were passing is called, according to Mateo, el Barranco de la tinaja, or the ravine of the jar, because a jar full of Moorish gold was found here in old times.

The Alhambra 2002

The narrow defile up which we were passing is called, according to Mateo, el Barranco de la tinaja, or the ravine of the jar, because a jar full of Moorish gold was found here in old times.

The Alhambra 2002

Were it not for that jar or _tinaja_ of _aguardiente_ which the old man keeps so snugly in the corner of his burrow, he would have withered up long ago, like the mummies of the Great Saint Bernard.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

They rarely consist of more than one or two hide-covered chairs, a rickety table, and two or three long benches placed against the wall, with a _tinaja_ or jar for water in the corner, and possibly a clay oven or rude contrivance for cooking under the back corridor.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 Various

There was a _tinaja_, or earthenware jar, holding about twenty gallons of water, and a dipper made of a polished cocoanut shell.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

If placed dry in the _tinaja_ jars (Tagálog, _Tapayan_), containing cacao-beans, the insects will not attack the beans.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

I poured water over my body till the contents of the tinaja were exhausted and I was cool.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

Barbara took an empty _tinaja_ and said she would go for more water.

Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Florence Finch Kelly 1898

She dropped the _tinaja_ beside the house and walked swiftly -- she feared to run lest she might attract attention -- to the edge of the precipice.

Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Florence Finch Kelly 1898

As he stopped his horse Barbara came up the street, her _tinaja_ poised on her head.

Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Florence Finch Kelly 1898