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† amphore Obs.
Also 4 amfore, amfer.
[a. Fr. amphore, ad. L. amphora, now in Eng. use.]
1. = amphora 1.
1382Wyclif Zech. v. 6 This is an amfer, or a vessel that sum men clepen a tankard. 1388― 1 Sam. i. 24 An amfore, ether a pot of wyn.
2. = amphora 2.
1382Wyclif Dan. xiv. 2 There weren spendid in it by alle days..fourty sheep, and of wijn sixe amphoris. 1601Holland Pliny (1634) I. 405 The same Vine yeeldeth one yeare with another a dozen Amphores of good new wine yearely. Ibid. 259 To euery Amphore, (i. which containeth about eight wine gallons) they put one hundred pound and a halfe. |