† miliarn.
Obsolete. rare.
A type of water vessel, (probably) a tall narrow container used in Roman baths for drawing and warming water.
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miliar?1440
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 1093 A milyair of leed [L. miliarium plumbeum].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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