qualie

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English

Noun

qualie (plural qualies)

  1. (obsolete) A cauldron.
    • 1834, George Bennett, Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore ..., volume 2, page 190:
      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: []
    • 1857, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, page 153:
      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.
  2. (sports) Alternative form of quali

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