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JAR |
Glass vessel |
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VIAL |
Small glass vessel |
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BOCAL |
A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck. |
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PHIAL |
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for
medicines; a vial. |
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CUP |
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce
the vacuum in cupping. |
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BOLTHEAD |
A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical
distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver. |
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DEMIJOHN |
A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small
neck, inclosed in wickerwork. |
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BEAKER |
An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip
for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat. |
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STOPPLE |
That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a
stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple. |
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SALTCELLAR |
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or
other material, used for holding salt on the table. |
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BOTTLE |
A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. |
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BALLOON |
A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or
receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. |
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LIGHTROOM |
A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel
is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows. |
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CRUET |
A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for
holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster. |
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GLASS |
A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took
a glass at dinner. |
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FLAGON |
A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and
conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather
or stoneware rather than of glass. |
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STORMGLASS |
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a
solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a
clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather. |
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DECANTER |
A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving
decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other
liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled. |
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RECEIVER |
The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the
objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf.
Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump. |
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BASIN |
A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the
arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming
concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc. |
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FLASK |
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. |
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HOURGLASS |
An instrument for measuring time, especially the
interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two
compartments, from the uppermost... |
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LANTERN |
...om wind,
rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn,
perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a... |
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RETORT |
...distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms
and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak
to ... |
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BELL JAR |
A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and
closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top
for lifting it. I... |