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English Dictionary: vial by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vial
n
  1. a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
    Synonym(s): phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vial \Vi"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}.]
  
               Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this
               distilled liquor thou off.                     --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vial \Vi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vialed}or {Vialled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Vialing} or {Vialling}.]
      To put in a vial or vials. [bd]Precious vialed liquors.[b8]
      --Milton.
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