In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VIAL
phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule
(noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Vial (plural Vials)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vial is the 27277th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 886 individuals. Vial is most common among White (87.13%) individuals.
Anagrams
• LAIV, VALI, Vail, Vali, Vila, vail, vali, vila
Etymology
Noun
vial (plural vials)
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
Synonyms
• (glass vessel): ampoule, phial, test tube, vacutainer
Verb
vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle (US) vialing or vialling, simple past and past participle (US) vialed or vialled)
(transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.
Anagrams
• LAIV, VALI, Vail, Vali, Vila, vail, vali, vila
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"al, n. Etym: [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See Phial.]
Definition: 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.
Vi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vialed or Vialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Vialing or Vialling.]
Definition: To put in a vial or vials. "Precious vialed liquors." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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