From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Phial \Phi"al\ (f[imac]"al), n. [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad,
flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. fia`lh. cf. {Vial}.]
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for
medicines; a vial.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Phial \Phi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phialed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Phialing}.]
To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
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Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. --Shenstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vial \Vi"al\ (v[imac]"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}.]
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Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phial
n 1: a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: {phial},
{vial}, {ampule}, {ampul}, {ampoule}]
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