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Webster 1913 Edition


Phial

Phi′al

(fī′al)
,
Noun.
[F.
fiole
, L.
phiala
a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr.
φιάλη
. cf.
Vial
.]
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.

Phi′al

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Phial

PHI'AL

,
Noun.
[L. phiala.]
1.
A glass vessel or bottle; in common usage, a small glass vessel used for holding liquors, and particularly liquid medicines. It is often written and pronounced vial.
2.
A large vessel or bottle made of glass; as the Leyden phial, which is a glass vessel partly coated with tinfoil, to be used in electrical experiments.

PHI'AL

,
Verb.
T.
To put or keep in a phial.

Definition 2024


phial

phial

English

Alternative forms

Noun

phial (plural phials)

  1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

phial (third-person singular simple present phials, present participle phialing, simple past and past participle phialed)

  1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.

References

  • phial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913