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▪ I. ‖ stein|ʃtaɪn|
[G. stein, lit. ‘stone’.]
‘An earthenware mug, esp. for beer, commonly holding about a pint; also the quantity of beer which a stein holds’ (W.).
1855Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Cheshire VII. 190 The ‘Moss Pottery’..was..confined to the making of common red-clay ware, for domestic use, as jowls, steins, flower⁓pots, &c. 1897[see pretzel, bretzel 1]. 1901W. Churchill Crisis ii. x. 206 They clattered their steins on the table and sang wonderful Jena songs. 1908Daily Chron. 15 Feb. 4/6 Bismarck..loved to pour into a huge stein a bottle of champagne and then a bottle of porter. 1909Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 13/2 Small earthenware steins with metal tops..not more than 4.80 marks in value. 1915Sat. Even. Post 13 Feb. 52/3 So I sat down and et with 'em and had a few steins of beer. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 1-c/6 Beer was flowing at 50 cents a stein—three for $1. 1981West Lancs. Even. Gaz. 18 July 8/4 A night on the town turned sour when a 22 year-old man hit a glass collector in the face with a beer stein.
▪ II. stein
rare obs. form of stean. |