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- noun Plural form of
ewer .
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Examples
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Cellini alludes to certain vases which had been ordered from him, saying that "they are called ewers, and they are placed upon buffets for the purpose of display."
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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He was charged with loads of fine presents in yellow amber, such as ewers, basins, tables, cups, chessboards, for the King and Queen, the
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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He was charged with loads of fine presents in yellow amber, such as ewers, basins, tables, cups, chessboards, for the
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1609-10 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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He was charged with loads of fine presents in yellow amber, such as ewers, basins, tables, cups, chessboards, for the King and Queen, the
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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He was charged with loads of fine presents in yellow amber, such as ewers, basins, tables, cups, chessboards, for the King and Queen, the
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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“You cannot get the low Irish to wash their faces, even were you to lay before them ewers of crystal water and scented soap; you cannot get them to dress decently, although you supply them with ready-made clothes.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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As the nobility began to express its wealth in its silver trenchers, wassail bowls, ewers, lavers, basins and other implements and tools of the table, eating became less egalitarian and the classes stratified based on their table settings.
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There were platters, ewers, spice sets, candlesticks, containers and a Jewish menorah.
Vermeer and Rembrandt at the Vancouver Art Gallery « Colleen Anderson 2009
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Knives, forks, spoons, platters, ewers and basins created a custom for a more dignified setting of table, and with these new table appliances, manners improved and culinary art advanced to higher standards, the better to fit the richer and more elaborate table setting and silver service.
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And there were several brass basins and ewers for water.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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