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gallipot
noun 2
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2GALLIPOT + NOUN
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noun
1
A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
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.
Take a Sheet of Lead, and have a piece of Lead made like a Slickſtone; then betvveen them tvvo grind vvhite Lead and Sallet-Oil till 'tis very fine, put it in a Gallipot for uſe.
2
Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary.
‘We are physicians' gallipots. Don't you want the sick healed?’
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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.
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Take a Sheet of Lead, and have a piece of Lead made like a Slickſtone; then betvveen them tvvo grind vvhite Lead and Sallet-Oil till 'tis very fine, put it in a Gallipot for uſe.
Wiktionary03
Here gallypots and vials placed, / Some filled with washes, some with paste, / Some with pomatum, paints and slops, / And ointments good for scabby chops.
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