Obs. Forms: 4–7 ewer(e, 5 ewar(e, euwere, 6 y)ewre. [a. OF. ewer (Cotgr. eauïer):—L. aquārius, f. aqua (OF. ewe, mod. eau) water.] = EWERER.

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1361.  in Nichols, Royal Wills (1780), 53. Davy, q’est Barber et Ewer.

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c. 1450.  Bk. Curtasye, in Babees Bk., 641. An euwere in halle þere nedys to be … He schalle gef water to gentilmen.

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1461–83.  Liber Niger Edw. IV., in Househ. Ord., 84. Twoe yomen ewars … that resceyveth of the sergeaunt all naperyes, basins, ewers, chauffyrs … for the halle.

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1601.  F. Tate, Househ. Ord. Edw. II., § 50 (1876), 34–5. Thei shal carri the flesh & the fish … with the helpe of the Ewers, from the kitchin to the dresser.

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  Hence † Eweress, a female ‘ewerer.’

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1509.  Hawes, Past. Pleas., IV. 20. The marshall ycclipped was dame Reason, And the yewres also Observaunce.

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