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matrass

matrass


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Matrass  \Ma*trass"\,  n.  [F.  matras;  perh.  so  called  from  its 
  long  narrow  neck;  cf  OF  matras  large  arrow,  L.  materis 
  mataris  matara,  a  Celtic  javelin,  pike;  of  Celtic  origin.] 
  (Chem.) 
  A  round-bottomed  glass  flask  having  a  long  neck;  a  bolthead. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bolthead  \Bolt"head`\,  n. 
  1.  (Chem.)  A  long,  straight-necked,  glass  vessel  for  chemical 
  distillations;  --  called  also  a  {matrass}  or  receiver. 
 
  2.  The  head  of  a  bolt.