qualie

plural qualies

1. obsoleteA cauldron.

   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

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   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

2. alternativehobbiesAlternative form of quali.