vial
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈvaɪəl//
- United Kingdom//ˈvaɪl//
- United Kingdom//ˈvɑj(ə)l//
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
noun
- 1
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off.
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
Etymology
From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.
verb
- 1
To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).
Forms
- plural
- vials
- past tense
- vialed, vialled
- past participle
- vialed, vialled
- present participle
- vialing, vialling
- third person singular
- vials
vial · A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
Vial · A surname.vibe · An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or…vibrant · Pulsing with energy or activity.