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HYDRIA

\hˈa͡ɪdɹiə], \hˈa‍ɪdɹiə], \h_ˈaɪ_d_ɹ_i__ə]\

Definitions of HYDRIA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

h[=i]'dri-a, n. a large Greek water-vase.--n. HY'DRIAD, a water-nymph.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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