phial

Etymology

The noun is derived partly: * from Middle English fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms], from Middle French fiole, phiole [and other forms], and Old French fiole (modern French fiole), from Late Latin fiola, phiola, from Latin phiala (“broad, flat, shallow bowl or cup”), from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “round and shallow bowl, pan, or saucer”), probably from Pre-Greek; and * directly from Latin phiala (see above). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Catalan fiola * French fiole * Italian fiala * Old Occitan fiola (Occitan fiòla)

noun

1. (dated) A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now (specifically), a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liquid chemicals, medicines, etc.
   In testimony of the affection of the American people, of their confidence in your Marie Curie's] scientific work, and of their earnest wish that your genius and energy may receive all encouragement to carry forward your efforts for the advance of science and conquest of disease, I have been commissioned to present to you this little phial of radium. 20 May 1921, [Warren Harding], Remarks of the President in Presenting to Madam Curie a Gift of Radium from the American People[…], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 4

verb

1. (transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a phial.