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Definition of Gallipot
1. n. A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.
Definition of Gallipot
1. Noun. A small glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding ointment and medicine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallipot
1. a small earthen jar [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gallipot
1. A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc. Origin: Prob. Fr. OD. Gleypot, the first part of which is possibly akin to E. Glad. See Glad, and Pot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallipot
Literary usage of Gallipot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"[ACT I. Mistress gallipot. Had you no other vengeance to throw down, But even in
height of ... Master gallipot. As thou desirest To keep me out of Bedlam, ..."
2. A Treatise on pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the Student, and as a by Edward Parrish (1874)
"... and soon become deteriorated. Ointments also undergo a change under Fig.. Fig.
30. Fig. 31. Tie-over jar. Flat-top covered jar. gallipot. ..."
3. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"The ochre of Auvergne may be ground with the mastic gallipot, and mixed up with
gallipot varnish. To make red distemper for tiles. ..."
4. The Painter and Varnisher's Guide: Or, A Treatise, Both in Theory and by Pierre François Tingry (1804)
"gallipot. BARRAS. These different denominations express rather the state of purity
and consistence of the resinous substance furnished by the pine and the ..."
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