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JUG
, a See also:vessel for holding liquid, usually with one handle and a See also:lip, made of earthenware, See also:glass or See also:metal
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The origin of the word in this sense is uncertain, but it is probably identical with a shortened See also:form of the feminine name See also:Joan or See also:Joanna; cf. the similar use of See also:Jack and Jill or Gill for a drinking-vessel or a liquor measure
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It has also been used as a See also:common expression for a homely woman, a servant-girl, a sweetheart, sometimes in a sense of disparagement
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In See also:slang, " jug " or " See also: Lat. aquaria, See also:water-See also:pitcher, from aqua, water) . The ewer was a jug with a wide spout, and was principally used at table for pouring water over the hands after eating, a See also:matter of some See also:necessity before the introduction of forks . See also:Early ewers are sometimes mounted on three feet, and See also:bear See also:inscriptions such as Venez laver . A See also:basin of similar material and See also:design accompanied the ewer . In the 13th and 14th centuries a See also:special type of metal ewer takes the form of animals, men on horseback, &c.; these are generally known as aquamaniles, from med . Lat. aqua manile or aqua manale (aqua, water, and manale, to trickle, pour, drip) . The British Museum contains several examples . In the 18th and early 19th centuries were made the drinking-vessels of pottery known as " Toby jugs," properly Toby Fillpots or Philpots . These take the form of a stout old See also:man, sometimes seated, with a three-cornered See also:hat, the corners of which See also:act as spouts . Similar drinking-vessels were also made representing characters popular at the See also:time, such as " See also:Nelson jugs," &c . |
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