Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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. ``Precious vialed liquors.''
--Milton.
Source : WordNet®
vial
n : a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: {phial},
{ampule}, {ampul}, {ampoule}]