Tureen

There is properly no such word. It is a corruption of the French *terrine*, an earthen vessel in which soup is served. It is in Bailey's Dictionary. I take this opportunity of suggesting whether that the word "*swinging*," applied by Goldsmith to his tureen, should be rather spelt *swingeing*; though the former is the more usual way: a *swinging* dish and a *swingeing* are different things, and Goldsmith meant the latter.