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Origin: L.
1. A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
2. A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
3. <biology> Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
(01 Mar 1998)
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