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‖ psykter Gr. and Rom. Antiq.|ˈpsɪktə(r)|
Also psycter.
[a. Gr. ψυκτήρ a wine-cooler, agent-n. f. ψύχειν to breathe, blow, cool.]
A jar for cooling wine.
1849Smith Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 2), Psycter, a wine-cooler,..sometimes made of bronze..or silver. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 67 The psycter, or cooler to prepare it [wine] for drinking. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 July 563/1 There is a psykter signed by Duris. 1948A. Lane Gk. Pottery iv. 48 Cooler (psykter) to be filled with ice or water and lowered into a wine-krater. 1973‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Starry Bird vi. 75 The tables were crowded with skyphoi and kylikes and psykters. |