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psykter
or psyc·ter
[ sik-ter ]
noun
, Greek and Roman Antiquity.
, plural psyk·ters.
- a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.
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The psykter, or wine-cooler, was a double-walled vessel of the amphora type, rotund in shape.
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