samount

A Middle English form of salmon. samovar (sam'ō-vär), n. [ IMG:content-0060.png:[blocks in formation] a kind of urn for cooking, lit. self-cooker'), as if Antique Ru ian Samovar. A huge, steaming tea-urn, called a Samovar - etymologically, a "self-boiler" - will be brought in, and yon will make your tea according to your taste. D. M. Wallace, Ru ia, p. 12. The samovar , however, is a completely new institution, and the old peasants will tell you, "Ah, Holy Ru ia has never been the same since we drank so much tea." Nineteenth Century , XXI. 136.