Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TANK'ARD
TANK'ARD, n. [Ir. tancaird; Gaelic, tancard; tank and ard.]
A large vessel for liquors, or a drinking vessel, with a cover. Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after the manner of Bacchus. Arbuthnot.
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