Obs. Also 4 amfore, amfer. [a. Fr. amphore, ad. L. AMPHORA, now in Eng. use.]
1. = AMPHORA 1.
1382. Wyclif, Zech. v. 6. This is an amfer, or a vessel that sum men clepen a tankard. Ibid. (1388), 1 Sam. i. 24. An amfore, ether a pot of wyn.
2. = AMPHORA 2.
1382. Wyclif, Dan. xiv. 2. There weren spendid in it by alle days … fourty sheep, and of wijn sixe amphoris.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), I. 405. The same Vine yeeldeth one yeare with another a dozen Amphores of good new wine yearely. Ibid., 259. To euery Amphore, (i. which containeth about eight wine gallons) they put one hundred pound and a halfe.
