5 May 2019
ewer
[yoo-er]
noun
1. a pitcher with a wide spout.
2. Decorative Art. a vessel having a spout and a handle, especially a tall, slender vessel with a base.
Origin of ewer
Middle English, Anglo-French, Old French, Latin
1275-1325; Middle English; Anglo-French; Old French evier; Latin aquārius vessel for water, equivalent to aqu(a) water + -ārius -ary
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Historical Examples
Without a word Oliver turned to a side-table, where stood a metal basin and ewer.
The Sea-Hawk
Raphael Sabatini
The bowl had scallops around the edge, and the ewer was tall and slim.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
Amanda Millie Douglas
He found an ewer and basin, and his ablutions refreshed and invigorated him.
The Last Of The Barons, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
And she knelt down with ewer and basin and a napkin to wash the feet of the poor.
The Ruinous Face
Maurice Hewlett
A basin of similar material and design accompanied the ewer.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 5
Various
When he had undressed, he dipped a towel into his ewer and rubbed himself all over.
Married
August Strindberg
Luckily there was no water in the ewer because we had forgotten it, only dust and spiders.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
E. Nesbit
She was obliged to break the ewer to free the little dog’s head.
Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War
Mr Jkai
And the ewer is said to be of gold, to express the dignity of the head.
Medica Sacra
Richard Mead
He got up and poured some water from the ewer into a cracked cup and drank it.
The Angel of the Revolution
George Griffith
Today’s quote
Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
– Bobbie Sands
On this day
5 May – Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for 5th of May), celebrates Mexican heritage and pride. It originated as a celebration of freedom for Mexicans following the victory by Mexican forces over the French at the Battle of Puebla on 5 May 1862.
5 May 1818 – birth of Karl Marx, German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist and revolutionary socialist. One of the most influential economists in history. Marx’s work included Das Kapital, as well as The Communist Manifesto which he co-authored with German social scientist, Friedrich Engels. He fathered modern communism and socialism with the aim of putting the means of production in the hands of the workers to end exploitation at the hands of the bourgeoisie. He believed in the redistribution of wealth for the benefit of all, rather than accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few. The wealth, he believed, was created by the workers and should therefore be shared amongst the workers. He stated that communism would not succeed in the individual nation unless other nations supported it, hence the adoption of L’internationale as the socialist anthem following the ‘First International’ conference held by Marx and Engels in 1864. His international theory perhaps makes him the world’s first globalisationist. He believed socialism would not succeed in poverty, but required the building of wealth to succeed and distribution of wealth to be sustainable. Died 14 March 1883.
5 May 1821 – death of Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor. Born 15 August 1769.
5 May 1970 – University of New Mexico is the scene of protests against the Vietnam War, US attacks on Cambodia and the Kent State University massacre (see 4 May 1970), the National Guard and police are called in. The National Guard fixed bayonets and attacked the protestors, resulting in eleven protestors and journalists being bayonetted.
5 May 1981 – death of Bobby Sands, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died following a hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. He and other prisoners, were protesting against the removal of special category status which conferred a ‘Prisoner of War’ status on prisoners convicted of ‘Troubles-related’ offences in Ireland. Special Category Status meant they were subject to the Geneva Convention so didn’t have to wear prison uniforms or do prison work, were housed within paramilitary factions, received extra visits and more food. During his fast, Sands was elected to British Parliament as an anti-H-Block candidate (H-Block representing Maze Prison’s H-shaped block). Sands was one of 10 hunger strikers to die during the 1981 hunger strike. Born 9 March 1954.