Obs. [Cf. LYE sb. 1 c.] An ornamental vessel to hold lye for use as a hair-wash.
1486. Will of Lytton (Somerset Ho.). A lye pott of siluer and gilt, a holy water stopp.
1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, 45. Semiramis ranne out with her lie-pot in her hand, and her black dangling tresses about her shoulders.
1607. Middleton, Five Gallants, I. i. 12. Lent … upon her gilt casting-bottle and her silver lie-pot, fifty-five shillings.
