gallipot

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"It is a pretty place," he adds, "though nothing to frighten any body, unless he hath lived in a gallipot."

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

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)

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

"Don't know as I ever heard tell of that story," said the man who had spoken first, pouring some hot tea into a gallipot.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

And she sped away, bringing back an old gallipot, which she filled, and held to the child's lips.

From Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various