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Webster 1913 Edition
Flask
Flask
(flăsk or flȧsk)
, Noun.
1.
A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids;
as, a
. flask
of oil or wine2.
A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
3.
A bed in a gun carriage.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
4.
(Founding)
The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc.
Erlenmeyer flask
, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; – so called from
– Erlenmeyer
, a German chemist who invented it. Florence flask
. [From
Florence
in Italy.] (a)
Same as , 3.
Betty
, Noun.
(b)
A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions.
– Pocket flask
, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flask
FL'ASK
, n.1.
A kind of bottle; as a flask of wine or oil.2.
A vessel for powder.3.
A bed in a gun-carriage.