stean
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of stean
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.
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noun
- A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.
- A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
- (UK, dialectal)A stone.
- (UK, dialectal)A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press.
verb
- To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.
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To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.
“to stean a well”
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Etymology
From Middle English stene (“waterpot”), from Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth”) and Old English stǣne (“pitcher, jug”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainijā, from Proto-Germanic *stainijǭ (“stonen vessel, crucible”). Cognate with Old High German steinna (“pot, saucepan”). Doublet of stein.
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