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phial |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vial \Vi"al\, n. [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See {Phial}.] A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as a vial of medicine. [Written also {phial}.] Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor thou off --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phial \Phi"al\, n. [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr ?. cf {Vial}.] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phial \Phi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phialed}; p. pr & vb n. {Phialing}.] To put or keep in or as in a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. --Shenstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phial n : a bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: {vial}, {ampule}, {ampul}, {ampoule}]
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