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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vial  \Vi"al\,  n.  [OE.  viole,  fiole,  F.  fiole.  See  {Phial}.] 
  A  small  bottle,  usually  of  glass;  a  little  glass  vessel  with 
  a  narrow  aperture  intended  to  be  closed  with  a  stopper;  as  a 
  vial  of  medicine.  [Written  also  {phial}.] 
 
  Take  thou  this  vial,  being  then  in  bed,  And  this 
  distilled  liquor  thou  off  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phial  \Phi"al\,  n.  [F.  fiole,  L.  phiala  a  broad,  flat,  shallow 
  cup  or  bowl,  Gr  ?.  cf  {Vial}.] 
  A  glass  vessel  or  bottle,  especially  a  small  bottle  for 
  medicines;  a  vial. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phial  \Phi"al\,  v.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phial 
  n  :  a  bottle  that  contains  a  drug  (especially  a  sealed  sterile 
  container  for  injection  by  needle)  [syn:  {vial},  {ampule}, 
  {ampul},  {ampoule}] 




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