PAIL  , a bucket, a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel for carrying See also:

• WATER

water, See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk or other liquids, made of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal or other material, varying in See also:

• SIZE

size, and usually of a circular shape and somewhat wider at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top than the bottom . The word is of somewhat obscure origin . The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form points to the O . Eng. paegel, but the sense, that of a small See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-measure, a gill, is difficult to connect with the present one . The earlier forms of the word in See also:

• MID

Mid . Eng. spell the word payle, paille, and this rather points to a connexion with O . Fr. paelle, payelle, a small See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan or See also:

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

flat dish, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. patella, diminutive of See also:

• PATERA

Patera, dish . The sense here also presents difficulties, " pail " in See also:

• ENGLISH

English being always a deep vessel .