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Webster 1913 Edition


Siphoid

Si′phoid

,
Noun.
[L.
sipho
a siphon +
-oid
: cf. F.
vase siphoïde
.]
A siphon bottle. See under
Siphon
,
Noun.

Definition 2024


siphoid

siphoid

English

Noun

siphoid (plural siphoids)

  1. (dated) A siphon bottle.
    • 1866, Charles Knight, Arts and sciences: or, Fourth division of "The English encyclopedia" (volume 1, page 113)
      Belonging to but detached from this is a vessel called a siphoid, to transfer the aerated liquid to a glass; the siphoid is filled from the large machine, and may then be emptied by glassfuls without any deterioration of quality.