bottle brush

Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
   F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
   flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]
   1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
      formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
      holding liquids.
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   2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
      as, to drink a bottle of wine.
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   3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
      the bottle.
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   Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
         of a compound.
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   {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
      interior of bottles.

   {Bottle fish} (Zool.), 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}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.

   {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the
      manufacture of bottles. --Ure.

   {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
      ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,
      dippers, etc.

   {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria
      glauca} and {Setaria viridis}); -- called also {foxtail},
      and {green foxtail}.

   {Bottle tit} (Zool.), the European long-tailed titmouse; --
      so called from the shape of its nest.

   {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia
      rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
      trunk.

   {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber
      nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
      feeding infants.
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