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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flask \Flask\, n. [AS. flasce flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca G. flasche Icel. & Sw flaska, Dan. flaske, OF flasche LL flasca flasco; of uncertain origin; cf L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr ?, ?, ?. Cf {Flagon}, {Flasket}.] 1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as a flask of oil or wine. 2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in etc 3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey. 4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts viz., the cope or top sometimes the cheeks, or middle part and the drag, or bottom part When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc {Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer a German chemist who invented it {Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.] a Same as {Betty}, n., 3. b A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. {Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flask n 1: has a narrow neck 2: the quantity a flask will hold [syn: {flaskful}]
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