Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phial"
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) 1.7 (wn)
phial
n : a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: {vial},
{ampule}, {ampul}, {ampoule}]
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