gallipot

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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

He nevertheless determined to fill the gallipot with hot water and give this gargle to Nell to drink.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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)

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

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Dickens, Charles

Pare a couple of good sized baking apples; core them, cut them into quarters, and put them, with a small strip of thin lemon-rind, into a gallipot.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. by Peters, Charles