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samovar definition

samo·var (sam′ə vär′, säm′ə vär′)

noun

a metal urn with a spigot and an internal tube for heating water in making tea: used esp. in Russia

Etymology: Russ, lit., self-boiler < samo-, self (see samizdat) + varit', to boil, akin to Lith vìrti, to boil < IE *(a)wer- < base *awe-, to moisten, flow > water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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