单词 | goglet |
释义 | gogletguggletn.1 Anglo-Indian. A long-necked vessel for holding water, usually made of porous earthenware, so that the contents are kept cool by evaporation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > water vessel goglet1698 goblet1827 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 Obsolete. rare. (See quot. 1688.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > horn hornc1000 bugle horna1387 ox-horna1398 rhinoceros cup1649 goblet1688 goglet1688 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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