florence flask

Flask \Flask\ (fl[a^]sk or fl[.a]sk), n. [AS. flasce, flaxe;
   akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw.
   flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of
   uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr.
   fla`skh, fla`skwn, fla`skion. Cf. {Flagon}, {Flasket}.]
   1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a
      flask of oil or wine.
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   2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various
      purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of
      wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat
      water in, etc.
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   3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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   4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand,
      etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of
      two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the
      cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When
      there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three
      part flask, four part flask, etc.
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   {Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and
      cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents
      laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from
      Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.

   {Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.]
      (a) Same as {Betty}, n., 3.
      (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or
          flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating
          solutions.

   {Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered
      with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.
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Florence \Flor"ence\, n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F.
   florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]
   1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six
      shillings sterling value. --Camden.
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   2. A kind of cloth. --Johnson.
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   {Florence flask}. See under {Flask}.

   {Florence oil}, olive oil prepared in Florence.
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Betty \Bet"ty\, n.
   1. [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as
      such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth)
      in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e.,
      Jane).] A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
      [Written also {bettee}.]
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            The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   2. [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.] A name of contempt given
      to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a
      household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
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   3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which
      olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by
      chemists a {Florence flask}. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
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