Gallipot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gallipot is a noun meaning A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
Meaning
A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
More Meanings
- (now rare) Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary.
Example Sentences
‘We are physicians' gallipots. Don't you want the sick healed?’
VVhy, by his skill, / Of vvhich he has left you the inheritance, / Here in a pot: this little gally pot, / Of tincture, high roſe tincture.
Then we swept up the litter from the floor, threw down fresh sawdust, and swallowed gallipots of wine or coffee or water—anything, so long as it was wet.
Here gallypots and vials placed, / Some filled with washes, some with paste, / Some with pomatum, paints and slops, / And ointments good for scabby chops.
Word Forms
- gallipots
- galleypot
- gallypot
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include apothecary, pottingar, pottlepot, gage, pottle, gluepot.
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