vial

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.

1. A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

   “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off.”

   “And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.

1. To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).