gallipot

[ gal-uh-pot ]
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noun
  1. a small glazed pot used by apothecaries for medicines, confections, or the like.

Origin of gallipot

1
First recorded in 1425–75, gallipot is from late Middle English galy pott. See galley, pot1

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British Dictionary definitions for gallipot (1 of 2)

gallipot1

/ (ˈɡælɪˌpɒt) /


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

Origin of gallipot

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

British Dictionary definitions for gallipot (2 of 2)

gallipot2

/ (ˈɡælɪˌpɒt) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of galipot

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