vasa murrhina

[ vey-suh muh-rahy-nuh, -ree- ]

/ ˈveɪ sə məˈraɪ nə, -ˈri- /

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an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

<New Latin: literally, murrhine vessel

Gustavus Vasa was a young fellow there, who dexterously escaped this Bloodbath, and afterwards came to something.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
The mob dragged the unfortunate Fersen to the foot of Gustavus Vasa's statue, and there beat and ill-treated him till he died.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various
The chair of Gustavus Vasa, of inlaid ivory, and covered with purple velvet, stands in this room.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various
Their progress was one series of triumphs, till they placed Gustavus Vasa on the throne of Sweden.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various

Did Vasa, with his heavy-lidded eyes, and that infinitely adorable lady Fafaia, wander down to the beach to watch them land?
Letters from America|Rupert Brooke