Bible Dictionaries
Betty

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Betty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/betty.html. 1828.