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A kind of pot or vessel formerly used by physicians and alchemists. Obsolete.
? A vessel to contain ‘treacle’ of Genoa, or the like.
A pot out of which medicine may be licked.
Chiefly Archaeology. A small pan or shallow dish, esp. one of Roman origin.
a small drinking-glass graduated for use in measuring medicines.