fiar (fear)

[Sc., prob. another form of feuar, February or March, is called striking the fiars; the prices thus struck are called fiars ' prices, and rule in all grain contracts where no price had been specified, as well as in calculating the money value of such, stipends, rents, etc., fiaschetta (fyas-ket'tä), n.; pl. fiaschette (-te). [It., dim. of fiasco, a flask: see flask.] 1. A small thin gla bottle generally invested in a complete covering of wicker or plaited straw or maize-leaves as a protection.-2. A small earthenware ve el, generally fantastic in shape and decoration. [Rare.] as are properly payable in grain. fiaschi no (fyas-kēnō), n.; pl. fiaschini (-nē). [It., dim. of fiasco, a flask.] An earthenware ve el of fantastic form. The old Italian fiaschini in the shape of fruit. Jour. Archæol. A ., XII. 100.