cistern (sistern)

[Early mod. E. also cisterne and corruptly cestron; IMG:content-0483.png:[blocks in formation] 1017 E. H. Knight.-4. The receptacle into which gla is ladled from the pots to be poured on the table in making plate-gla , or in casting gla ; a cuvette. E. H. Knight.-5. In decor a tive art: ( a ) A large ve el, generally of pottery or porcelain, shallow in proportion to its length and breadth, and usually oval in plan. (b) A tank or receptacle for water, usually hung upon the wall, and serving to give water, by a spigot or tap, for use in washing, etc.: often of faience or of copper, and a very decorative object. Compare fountain in this sense.-6. In an at., a reservoir or receptacle of some natural fluid of the body. - Cistern of Pecquet (cisterna Pecqueti), in an at., the receptacle of the chyle. - Cistern of the cerebrum (cisterna cerebri), the fourth ventricle of the brain. Syn. See well.