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Postby Bailey » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:17 am

ew·er (yr)
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 *aquria, from Latin aqurius, of water, from aqua, water; see akw-- in Indo-European roots.]

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsNoun 1. ewer - an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
pitcher
cream pitcher, creamer - a small pitcher for serving cream
vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) www.freedictionary.com/ewer
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Postby sluggo » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:19 pm

Shoot- there goes our chance to form a short-sweet synonym for ewemonger, one who sells ewes (and whose adjective is surely ewemongous)
A pitcher, especially a decorative one with a base, an oval body, and a flaring spout.
...Fernando Valenzuela?
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Postby Palewriter » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:46 pm

Shame Bailey couldn't find a picture of a newer uwer. At least a pitcher is worth a thousand words, I guess.

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Postby sluggo » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:55 pm

Shame Bailey couldn't find a picture of a newer uwer. At least a pitcher is worth a thousand words, I guess.

-- PW
I know what ewer saying, PW.
There's just probably fewer newer ewers askew.
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Postby Bailey » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:06 pm

Shame Bailey couldn't find a picture of a newer uwer. At least a pitcher is worth a thousand words, I guess.

-- PW
ewer just not seeing the whole pitcher

I know what ewer saying, PW.
There's just probably fewer newer ewers askew.
Rats! Sewer is the only one left unless you want to stretch out purer.

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Postby gailr » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:21 pm

Ewer'all missing something here: the independent other whose pairing makes a combination greater than the sum of its parts.

What is Butch Cassidy without the Sundance Kid? Assault without Battery? Apples without Oranges? Ren without Stimpy? Richard Burton without Elizabeth Taylor? Flotsam without jetsam?

All ewer finer Ewerpean houses, museums and Catholic (Anglo or Roman) churches boast ewer and basin combos.

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Postby Bailey » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:40 am

Well I for one shall not be a stewer o'er ewer strewers.

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Postby Perry » Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:04 am

I thought a ewer was a pitcher good at curve-balls. (It's the flaired spout of 'baccy juice that puts the spin on it.)
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Postby Stargzer » Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:53 pm

Shoot- there goes our chance to form a short-sweet synonym for ewemonger, one who sells ewes (and whose adjective is surely ewemongous)
A pitcher, especially a decorative one with a base, an oval body, and a flaring spout.
...Fernando Valenzuela?
Well, there is a homophonous special show at the Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis on December 25 for the original People of the Book ...
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Postby Perry » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:52 pm

What's the matter with that Sean Altman? Does he think that Asheville is chopped liver (or maybe lobster bisque)?
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