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Webster 1913 Edition
Carboy
Car′boy
(kär′boi)
, Noun.
[Cf. Ir. & Gael
carb
basket; or Pers qurābah
a sort of bottle.] A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; – used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.
Definition 2024
carboy
carboy
English
Noun
carboy (plural carboys)
- A large, globular glass bottle, especially one of green glass, encased in basket work or in a box and used to hold corrosive liquids.
- 1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
- A few of them then boarded her and were busily engaged in what appeared, from my distant position, as the emptying of the contents of various carboys upon the dead bodies of the sailors and over the decks and works of the vessel.
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demijohn — see demijohn