phial
IPA: fiʌɫ
noun
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a phial.
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Examples of "phial" in Sentences
- Deianeira kept the phial of blood.
- Among its relics was a phial of the Virgin's milk.
- Charmis is to get the phial and bring to him at once.
- Thereafter, he swallowed poison he had brought in a phial.
- Dejected, Faust spies a phial of poison and contemplates suicide.
- The phial is not there, but Gracilis had picked it up last visit.
- Unfortunately, thee doctor is dragged away and he drops the phial.
- A phial containing some of his blood was long preserved at Ravello.
- She then wishes for the phial to be refilled, and brings Vanessa back.
- The Phial of Dread was one of his earliest, published in October 1859.
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