Phial

Quick meaning: Phial is a noun meaning (transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a phial.

Meaning

(transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a phial.

More Meanings

1. (dated) A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now (specifically), a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liquid chemicals, medicines, etc.

Example Sentences

AA Is a glaſs phial filled vvith mercury to the ſuperficies DD, or thereabout.

He sat musing for a little with the phial in his hand, looking at the clear liquid within.

Thou still, upon the broad vine-sheltered path, / Mayst wait the turning of the phials of wrath / For certain years, for certain months and days.

And I heard a great voyce out of the Temple, ſaying to the ſeven Angels, Goe your wayes, and powre out the vials of the wrath of God vpõ the earth.

Word Forms

• phials
• phialing
• phialling
• phialed
• phialled

Synonyms for phial

Depending on context, synonyms include flasklet, vial, ampul, ampoule, ampule.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vial, ampoule, ampule, ampul, flasklet, flaske.

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