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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A kind of sauce boat or dish.

(Zool.)

A large spiral East Indian marine shell (

Turbinella rapha

); – so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

papboat ‎(plural papboats)

A kind of sauce boat or dish.
(zoology) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.