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gallipot

[ gal-uh-pot ]

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noun

a small glazed pot used by apothecaries for medicines, confections, or the like.

gallipot

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

gallipot

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

First recorded in 1425–75, gallipot is from late Middle English galy pott. See galley, pot ¹

C16: probably from galley + pot ¹; so called because imported in galleys

It came in a vast, thick mug, like a gallipot with a handle.

Doctor Gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress.

It was enclosed in a gallipot, and was what I believe they called an electuary.

There was an old gallipot or two, and there was a broken bottle or so, and there were some broken boxes for seats.

In the first place, the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded.

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