gallipot

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The old chemist looked up over his spectacles, held for an instant a gallipot suspended between finger and thumb, and set it down with nice judgment.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Patrick's bird's water freezes in the gallipot, and my hands in bed.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

"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)

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

If a speck of dirt be found on the deck, or a gallipot or phial out of its place, woe betide the loblolly-boy, the assistant-surgeon's assistant, and the constant attendant upon the hospital.

From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil