stean

Meanings

1. A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.

1. To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.
2. To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.

1. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

1. A stone.
2. A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press.

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.