PHI'AL, noun [Latin phiala.] 1. A glass vessel or bottle; in common usage, a small glass vessel used for holding liquors, and particularly liquid medicines. It is often written and pronounced vial. 2. A large vessel or bottle made of glass; as the Leyden phial which is a glass vessel partly coated with tinfoil, to be used in electrical experiments. PHI'AL, verb transitive To put or keep in a phial
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