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shot-flagon
the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms:
• Ashishah, (2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3; Song of Solomon 2:5; Hosea 3:1) It really means a cake of pressed raisins. Such cakes were considered as delicacies; they were also offered to idols.
• Nebel, (Isaiah 22:24) is commonly used for a bottle or vessel, originally probably a skin, but in later times a piece of pottery. (Isaiah 30:14)
the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose