† lickpotn.
Obsolete.
1. A name for the first finger.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > forefinger
teacherc1290
lickpot1387
index1398
showing finger?a1425
forefingerc1450
first finger?1530
insignitor1598
demonstrator1657
trigger finger1829
pointling1840
index finger1849
index-digit1866
arrow finger1875
weft-finger1880
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 73 Whiche fynger som men clepeþ likpot þat is þe fynger next þe thombe.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 305/1 Lykpot fyngyr, index.
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 752/36 Hic index, a lykpot.
2. A pot out of which medicine may be licked.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > vessels
jordanc1386
treacler1415
lickpot1665
patella1703
medicine glass1853
1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 283 Their Nutritive Messes, Lick-pots, and Pectorals.
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