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Betty (medicine)


betty


1. [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (i. E, Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. E, Jane)] A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.

Alternative forms: bettee] "The powerful betty, or the artful picklock." (Arbuthnot)

2. [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth] A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.

3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; called by chemists a Florence flask.

Source: Websters Dictionary