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bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle

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bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine. 3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle. Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. Bottle ale, bottled ale. Shak. -- Bottle brush, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the interior of bottles. -- Bottle fish , a kind of deep-sea eel (Saccopharynx ampullaceus), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won size. -- Bottle flower. Same as Bluebottle. -- Bottle glass, a coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. Ure. -- Bottle gourd , the common gourd or calabash (Lagenaria Vulgaris), whose shell is used for bottles, dippers, etc. -- Bottle grass , a nutritious fodder grass (Setaria glauca and S. viridis); -- called also foxtail, and green foxtail. -- Bottle tit , the European long-tailed titmouse; -- so called from the shape of its nest. -- Bottle tree , an Australian tree , with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk. -- Feeding bottle, Nursing bottle, a bottle with a rubber nipple , used in feeding infants.

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  • HOLLOW-HEARTED
    Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
  • HOLD
    The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
  • GLASSEN
    Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • LEATHERWOOD
    A small branching shrub , with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy. Gray.
  • GLASSINESS
    The quality of being glassy.
  • HOLDBACK
    1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond. 2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when
  • GLASSWORT
    A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
  • GLASS-ROPE
    A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
  • BOTTLE
    bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle
  • FLASK
    The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks,
  • HOLDER-FORTH
    One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.
  • GLASSILY
    So as to resemble glass.
  • LEATHERBACK
    A large sea turtle , having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.
  • NARROW-MINDED
    Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • HOLDER
    One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
  • LEATHERY
    Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Grew.
  • MOUTHFUL
    1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. 2. Hence, a small quantity.
  • GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
    One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
  • GLASS-SPONGE
    A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
  • INHOLD
    To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. Sir W. Raleigh.
  • COPYHOLDER
    One possessed of land in copyhold. A device for holding copy for a compositor. One who reads copy to a proof reader.
  • HIGH-HOLDER
    The flicker; -- called also high-hole.
  • BLANCH HOLDING
    A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent or otherwise.
  • BEHOLDER
    One who beholds; a spectator.
  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • SPYGLASS
    A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
  • LOUD-MOUTHED
    Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
  • CANDLEHOLDER
    One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
  • FOREHOLDING
    Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. L'Estrange.
  • BOOKHOLDER
    1. A prompter at a theater. Beau & Fl. 2. A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.
  • FOOTHOLD
    A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
  • ABUTTAL
    The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. Spelman.
  • BEHOLDING
    Obliged; beholden. I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.
  • REDMOUTH
    Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Hæmulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

 

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