Betty
Betty ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (that is, Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (that is, Jane).]
1.
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.
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. [United States] — Bartlett