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noun

Decanter n.

A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

One who decants liquors.

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Etymology of 'Decanter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Decanter" Quotes from Famous Books

... it be but for a minute—that there can be ony good in a man and him no churchgoer? Sir, ye're a heretic—not to say a heathen!" He sniggered to himself, and his hand crept to a half-emptied wine decanter. ...

— Bob, Son of Battle • Alfred Ollivant

... his pen through a section of the message. The MINISTER OF WAR goes to a cabinet in the rear wall and brings forth a decanter ...

— Makers of Madness - A Play in One Act and Three Scenes • Hermann Hagedorn

... too much. I was not strong enough. I have not recovered yet from my illness. But I could not live longer without seeing you. You won't leave me, Austin? This is only a passing weakness. If you will only give me five minutes, I shall be myself again. Give me the small decanter from the ...

— The Parasite • Arthur Conan Doyle

... He went to a cellaret and got out a decanter and goblet, pouring himself a drink. "How soon will dinner ...

— Time Crime • H. Beam Piper

... There, to use his own expression, he had discovered Ellen Green, carefully pouring out the glass of port wine which her then mistress always drank at 11.30 every morning. And as he, the new butler, had seen her engaged in this task, as he had watched her carefully stopper the decanter and put it back into the old wine-cooler, he had said to himself, "That ...

— The Lodger • Marie Belloc Lowndes

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