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Definition of: vial
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(vī′əl) noun
A small bottle for liquids, commonly cylindrical; also, more widely, any bottle: also spelled phial.
—to pour out the vials of wrath upon To inflict retribution or vengeance on. See Rev. xvi.
—v.t. ·aled or ·alled, ·al·ing or ·al·ling To put or keep in or as in a vial. [<OF viole <L phiala a saucer <Gk. phialē a shallow cup]
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