biggin

noun4

1. •
   A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.

   • ‘That silver biggin holds coffee, and there are cups on the lower tier of the cart.’ — 1981
2. •
   (historical) An official's hood or coif.
3. •
   A drinking vessel for ale or beer; possibly a tankard.

   • Oswald's wife then put before him a large pie, and some wheaten bread, with a biggin of good beer. — 1847
4. •
   (no longer used) A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood.

   • […] my brain has been topsy-turvy, they say, ever since the biggin was bound first round my head; so turning me upside down may peradventure restore it again. — 1819