Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An open vessel used for holding pap for children.
- noun A shell of the family Turbinellidæ; a false volute, as Trubinella rapha.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of sauce boat or dish.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (
Turbinella rapha ); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
sauce boat ordish . - noun zoology A large
spiral East Indianmarine shell (Turbinella rapha), once used bynative priests to hold theoil foranointing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Blackstick, although invited to the christening, would not so much as attend; but merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby, which was really not worth a couple of guineas.
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So when Duke Padella's lady had a little son (the Duke was at that time only one of the principal noblemen in Crim Tartary), Blackstick, although invited to the christening, would not so much as attend; but merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby, which was really not worth a couple of guineas.
The Rose and the Ring William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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So when Duke Padella's lady had a little son (the Duke was at that time only one of the principal noblemen in Crim Tartary), Blackstick, although invited to the christening, would not so much as attend; but merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby, which was really not worth a couple of guineas.
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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