different between gallipot vs galliot

English

Alternative forms

• galleypot
• gallypot

Etymology

From uncertain first element + pot.

Noun

gallipot (plural gallipots)

1. A small glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding ointment and medicine.
   • 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Lady's Dressing Room:

     Here gallypots and vials placed, / Some filled with washes, some with paste, / Some with pomatum, paints and slops, / And ointments good for scabby chops.

   • 1736, Richard Bradley, The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, London: D. Brown, 6th edition, p. 68, [1]

     Cut away all the hard part of your Asparagus, and just boil them up with Butter and Salt, then fling them into cold Water, and presently take them out again and let them drain; when they are cold, put them in a Gallipot, large enough for them to lie without bending […]

Derived terms

• gallipot word

English

Alternative forms

• galiot

Etymology

From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat.

Noun

galliot (plural galliots)

1. (nautical) A light galley.
   • 1815, State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States: 1797, page 511,

     Having seen the minutes of the proceedings on the capture of the galliot the Betsy of Washington, North Carolina, captain Reynold Brown, taken the 5th of this month by the French privateer le Poisson Volant (Flying Fish) captain Thomas de Haunot— […] .

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• gallito