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Search phrase: cistern

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.v.95A cistern for scaled snakes! Go get thee hence.A Cesterne for scal'd Snakes. Go get thee hence,
MacbethMac IV.iii.63The cistern of my lust; and my desireThe Cesterne of my Lust, and my Desire
OthelloOth IV.ii.60Or keep it as a cistern for foul toadsOr keepe it as a Cesterne, for foule Toades
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.46Must be to him that makes the camp a cisternMust be to him that makes the Campe, a Cestron

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cestern, cesternevariant spelling of ‘cistern’ [= water receptacle, vessel, reservoir]

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CISTERNBASICcistern n

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