A dialectal or archaic word for a large earthenware container or jar.
From Middle English 'stene' or 'stein,' from Old English and Germanic roots related to stone or stony vessel; preserved mainly in regional dialects.
This word survives mostly in place names and old documents—it shows how pottery containers were so important to ancient people that their word for them echoed through centuries.
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