TANKARD

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TANKARD , a type of drinking

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

. The word was formerly used loosely of many sizes, usually large, of vessels for holding liquids; thus it was applied to such as held two or more gallons and were used to carry

water

WATER

from the conduits in London in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The word is now generally applied to a straight,

flat

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

-bottomed drinking

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

of silver,

pewter

PEWTER

or other metal, or of glass or pottery mounted on metal, with a hinged cover and handle, holding from a

pint

PINT (derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, pitta, a painted or marked vessel)

to a quart of liquor (see DRINKING VESSELS). The derivation is obscure. It appears in O. Fr. as tanquart and in O. Du. as tanckaert. It may have been, as is suggested, metathesized from Gr. avOapos, Lat. cantharus, a large vessel or pot. It is used to

gloss

GLOSS, GLOSSARY

amphora in the Promptorium Parvulorum (c. 1440). It is not connected with " tank," a cistern or reservoir for

water

WATER

, which was formerly " stank," and is from

Port

PORT

. tanque, O. Fr. estang, mod. etang, . pool; Lat. stagnum, whence Eng. " stagnant."

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