gallipot

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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

Let it boil for five minutes, and turn it into a gallipot to cool.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

Defense ß Dieu           De faire miracle en ce lieu; and the stage properties afterwards found with the holy woman, such as the gallipot of colouring ointment, justify his suspicion.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"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)

N.B.—Let the gallipot have in it a muslin bag: the water can then be drained out from time to time, and the paste will be much better.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess