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Druggist's jar
Answer for the clue "Druggist's jar ", 8 letters:
gallipot
Word definitions for gallipot in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallipot \Gal"li*pot\, n. [Prob. fr. OD. gleypot, the first part of which is possibly akin to E. glad. See Glad , and Pot .] A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"small glazed pot," mid-15c., of uncertain origin; perhaps from French, perhaps literally " galley pot," meaning one imported from the Mediterranean on galleys.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding ointment and medicine
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gallipot is a small glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding ointment and medicine .
Usage examples of gallipot.
In the first place, the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded.
Look in at the sick-berth when I make my morning rounds, and Padeen will whip you up a gallipot directly.
He spent all his money in bears, and run in debt for ’em besides, and there they wos a growling avay down in the front cellar all day long, and ineffectooally gnashing their teeth, vile the grease o’ their relations and friends wos being re-tailed in gallipots in the shop above, and the first-floor winder wos ornamented vith their heads.
The ointment was now made and Smith carried off a suitable number of gallipots for their syphilitic patients: Stephen shut and double-locked the dispensary door (seamen were much given to dosing themselves) and hearing the main body of reefers leave their berth with a sound like that of a herd of mad cattle, he walked in.