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qualie

qualie noun: a cauldron. Also the alternative form of quali.

Noun

qualie (plural qualies)

  1. (obsolete) A cauldron.
    • It appears, also, that when the qualie, or cauldron, is new, the extract prepared in it becomes very dark, and is sold only as a second quality at Rhio, and is almost unsaleable in the Java market: […]1834, George Bennett, Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore ..., volume 2, page 190
    • The leaves are plucked from the prunings, and boiled in a qualie, or cauldron (made of bark, with an iron bottom); after being boiled twice and rinsed, they are used as a manure for the pepper vine.1857, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, page 153

Also used as

qualie is also the alternative form of quali.

Forms of qualie

pluralqualies

Questions about qualie

What does qualie mean?
Qualie means a cauldron.
What part of speech is qualie?
Qualie is a noun.
What is the plural of qualie?
The plural of qualie is qualies.

Words near qualie in the dictionary

  1. qualgo
  2. qualgos
  3. quali
  4. qualia
  5. Qualicum
  6. qualie
  7. qualies
  8. qualifiability
  9. qualifiable
  10. qualifiably
  11. qualification

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