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Mr. Nigro’s ziggurat-like vases come apart to accommodate lacquering inside and out.
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Give it a swirl Adding style and polish to a bunch of mismatched vases can be as simple as, well, adding polish.
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Origin and Etymology of vas
borrowed from New Latin vās, vāsus, going back to Latin, “container, vessel,” going back to Italic *wāss- of obscure origin
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Definition of vas-
1 : vessel: such asa : blood vessel vasomotorb : vas deferens vasectomy
2 : vascular and vasovagal
3 : vasomotor vasoactive
Origin and Etymology of vas-
New Latin, from Latin vas
Medical Dictionary
VAS
Medical Definition of VAS
visual analog scale
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