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▪ I. goglet1, gugglet Anglo-Indian.|ˈgɒglɪt, ˈgʌglɪt|
Also 7 gurgulet, 9 guglet, gurglet.
[ad. Pg. gorgoleta, ‘an earthen and narrow-mouthed vessel, out of which the water runs and guggles’ (Lacerda Pg. Dict.); cf. F. gargoulette of similar meaning. The English forms may be due to association with goggle v.2, guggle v.]
A long-necked vessel for holding water, usually made of porous earthenware, so that the contents are kept cool by evaporation.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 47 Gurgulets and Jars, which are Vessels made of a porous kind of Earth. 1766Clive in Long Govt. Rec. (1869) 406 (Y.) To have a man with a Goglet of water ready to pour on his head. 1855R. F. Burton Pilgr. El Medinah & Meccah II. xix. 196 The earth is sweet and makes excellent gugglets. 1879Blackw. Mag. Jan. 55 They trusted to the porous goglets for cooling the water. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 10 A sponge and a small gurglet of water.
▪ II. † ˈgoglet2 Obs. rare—1.
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1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 271/2 A kind of a Drinking Cup or Vessel made off the higher end, or the small top of a Bull or Cows Horn..It is by some Gentlemens Buttlers termed a Souce, or Goglet, or Goblet. |