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phials

phials is the plural of phial.

phials is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phial.

Meaning of phial

Noun

phial (plural phials)

  1. (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.
    • VVo to you that are rich in Sion, and haue confidence in the mountaine of Samaria: […] That drinke vvine in phials, and are annoynted vvith the beſt oyntment: and they ſuffred nothing vpon the contrition of Ioſeph.1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Amos 6:1 and 6, pages 835–836
    Synonyms:
    flasklet, vial

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Phrases with phials

Questions about phials

What is phials the plural of?
Phials is the plural of phial.

Words near phials in the dictionary

  1. phialled
  2. phialling
  3. phialospore
  4. phialospores
  5. phialosporous
  6. phials
  7. Phibbus
  8. Phichit
  9. phicoerytrin
  10. Phidian
  11. phidoloporid

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