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单词 goglet
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gogletguggletn.1

Brit. /ˈɡɒɡlɪt/, , Indian English /ˈɡɔɡlɛθ/
Forms: Also 1600s gurgulet, 1800s guglet, gurglet.
Etymology: < Portuguese gorgoleta, ‘an earthen and narrow-mouthed vessel, out of which the water runs and guggles’ (Lacerda Pg. Dict.); compare French gargoulette of similar meaning. The English forms may be due to association with goggle v.2, guggle v.1
Anglo-Indian.
A long-necked vessel for holding water, usually made of porous earthenware, so that the contents are kept cool by evaporation.
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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 47 Gurgulets and Jars, which are Vessels made of a porous kind of Earth.
1766 Clive in Long Govt. Rec. (1869) 406 To have a man with a Goglet of water ready to pour on his head.
1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah II. xix. 196 The earth is sweet and makes excellent gugglets.
1879 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 55 They trusted to the porous goglets for cooling the water.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 10 A sponge and a small gurglet of water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2022).

gogletn.2

Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: goblet n.1
Etymology: Variant or alteration of goblet n.1, perhaps humorously after goggle v.2
Obsolete. rare.
(See quot. 1688.)
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 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.
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