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phial

[ fahy-uhl ]

noun



phial

/ ˈ´Ú²¹ÉªÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a small bottle for liquids; vial
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è³ó¾±Â·²¹±ô·¾±²Ô±ð [fahy, -, uh, -lin, -lahyn], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of phial1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin phiala saucer < Greek ±è³ó¾±Ã¡±ôŧ; replacing Middle English phiole, fiole < Middle French fiole < Latin, as above
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of phial1

C14: from Old French fiole, from Latin phiola saucer, from Greek ±è³ó¾±²¹±ôŧ wide shallow vessel
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The companies confirmed they are out of stock of certain quantities of the treatment, which comes in different-sized ampules or phials.

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I sought the key of the side-door in the kitchen; I sought, too, a phial of oil and a feather; I oiled the key and the lock.

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But its description of production and domestic demand as "in harmony" for "this stage" suggests a reluctance to promote the vaccination campaign too hard, until more phials are rolling down factory conveyer belts.

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Recently, however, Banville told the New York Times that he shut Black “in a room with a pistol, a phial of sleeping pills and a bottle of Scotch, and that was the end of him.â€

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So I shut him in a room with a pistol, a phial of sleeping pills and a bottle of Scotch, and that was the end of him.

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