Bet·ty n.
 1.  A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. [Written also bettee.]
    The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.   --Arbuthnot.
 2.  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. [U. S.]
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