Flagon
81mug — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cup, stein, tankard; slang, face, puss, kisser; slang, fool, dolt, clod; slang, gangster, mobster, thug. See receptacle, front. v., slang, pose, posture, make faces, ham [it up] (sl.); assault, assail …
82fiasco — [19] In Italian, a fiasco is literally a ‘bottle’ (the word comes from medieval Latin fiasco, source of English flagon and flask). Its figurative use apparently stems from the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, used traditionally in… …
83flask — [14] English acquired flask via French flasque from medieval Latin flasca, a word of uncertain origin. It occurs widely in the Germanic languages (German has flasche, for instance, and Dutch vlesch, and the related word flasce existed in Old… …
84flask — I. /flask / (say flahsk) noun 1. a bottle shaped container made of glass, metal, etc.: a flask of oil; a brandy flask. 2. an iron container for shipping mercury. 3. (in foundry work) a moulding box which holds the sand into which molten metal is… …
85goon — I. /gun / (say goohn) noun Colloquial 1. a stupid person. 2. a hired thug: goon squad. 3. a hooligan or tough. {? from British dialect gooney a simpleton; influenced by the character Alice the Goon created by EC Segar, 1894–1938, US cartoonist}… …
86fiasco — [19] In Italian, a fiasco is literally a ‘bottle’ (the word comes from medieval Latin fiasco, source of English flagon and flask). Its figurative use apparently stems from the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, used traditionally in… …
87flask — [14] English acquired flask via French flasque from medieval Latin flasca, a word of uncertain origin. It occurs widely in the Germanic languages (German has flasche, for instance, and Dutch vlesch, and the related word flasce existed in Old… …
88fla|con — «fla KN; Anglicized fla KON», noun. a small bottle with a stopper, used for perfume, smelling salts, etc.: »A flacon of Russia s finest perfume…was waiting in her hotel room (Time). ╂[< French flacon < Old French flascon. See related etym.… …
89Big-bellied — Big bel lied, a. Having a great belly; as, a big bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy. [1913 Webster] …
90Burette — Bu*rette , n. [F., can, cruet, dim. of buire flagon.] (Chem.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube,… …
