Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Demijohn

Demijohn , noun

[French dame-jeanne, that is, Lady Jane, a corruption of Arabic damajāna, damjāna, prob. from Damaghan a town in the Persian province of Khorassan, once famous for its glass works.]

A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.