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urn (2 as sense not elsewhere in S.)
1. (properly) vessel to hold the ashes of the dead 1H6 I. vi. 24; (transf.) grave H5 I. ii. 228, Cor. V. v. [vi.] 146
2. water-jug; fig. of the eyes Tit. III. i. 17 “rain” (=tears), “That shall distil from these two ancient urns”† (old edd. “ruin(e)s”).
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    • William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, 5.5
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