vial

noun

1. Also phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids: a vial of rare perfume; a vial of medicine.

verb (used with object), vi·aled, vi·al·ing or (especially British) vi·alled, vi·al·ling.

2. to put into or keep in a vial.

Idioms

3. pour out vials of wrath, to wreak vengeance or express anger: In her preface she pours out vials of wrath on her detractors.

noun

1. a less common variant of phial

n.

c.1300, variant of fyole (see phial).