Definition of "vial"

vial

/ˈvaɪəl/

noun
plural vials
1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
  Quotations
  Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off.
  c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]
  And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 16:3
verb
third-person singular simple present vials, present participle vialling or (US) vialing, simple past and past participle vialled or (US) vialed
1. (transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).