gallipot

American  

[gal-uh-pot] / ˈgæl əˌpɒt /

noun

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

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gallipot ¹ British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a small earthenware pot used by pharmacists as a container for ointments, etc

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gallipot ² British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of galipot

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Etymology

Origin of gallipot

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

Example Sentences

He pretended to peer into another gallipot and then took off his spectacles to wipe them.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

For years I have been but a gallipot for you experimentizers to rinse your experiments into, and now, in this livid skin, partake of the nature of my contents.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

Put under the chair a narrow metal cup or gallipot, if it will stand fire filled with spirits of wine.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)

Take of each one table-spoonful—spermaceti grated, honey, and peppermint water; mix all together with the yolks of two eggs in a gallipot.

From A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Francatelli, Charles Elmé

When any thing, as a gallipot, &c. is to be supported at a considerable height within a jar, it is convenient to have such wire stands as are represented fig.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph