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Papboat

Papboat \Pap"boat`\, n.

  1. A kind of sauce boat or dish.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell ( Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

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papboat

n. 1 A kind of sauce boat or dish. 2 (context zoology English) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (''Turbinella rapha''), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.