n. A pitcher, especially a decorative one with a base, an oval body, and a flaring spout. [Middle English euer, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *aquāria, from Latin aquārius, of water, from aqua, water; see akw-ā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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