pot-sherd

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English

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Noun

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pot-sherd (plural pot-sherds)

  1. Alternative form of potsherd
    • 1916, E. S. Roberts, E[rnest] A[rthur] Gardner, “Criticism and Interpretation [VIII. 2. Epigraphy.]”, in Leonard Whibley, editor, A Companion to Greek Studies: Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, 3rd revised and enlarged edition, Cambridge: At the University Press, →OCLC, section 737 (Definition and Scope), page 687:
      [I]n the case of pottery, it [epigraphy] is usually taken to include graffiti scratched with a sharp point, and even painted inscriptions which are made before firing as part of the design of a vase, but not written documents (ostraka), in which pot-sherds are merely used as a material to write on instead of papyrus.

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Etymology

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From pot +‎ sherd, from pot, pote, potte (a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel) (from late Old English pot, pott (a pot),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (a type of vessel)) + sherd (piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd) (from Old English sceard (a shard, sherd),[2] from Proto-Germanic *skardą (a nick, notch)).

Noun

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pot-sherd

  1. pottery shard; potsherd

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • English: potsherd

References

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  1. ^ pot(e, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ sherd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 November 2017.