bot'tle

A ve el, usually of gla and having a more or le narrow neck, for holding liquids, b. fed. Fed by means of a nursing b. nursing b. A b. from which milk or some mixture containing milk is to be sucked by an infant; preferably _ a b. with a rubber nipple slipped over its mouth, specific gravity b. A b. containing a known weight of water, used for ascertaining the specific gravity of other liquids, wash b. A b. partly filled with water and having two tubes which enter it through the stopper, one dipping below the surface of the water and the other terminating above it; used for washing gases, which are forced in through the tube with the submerged end, rise through the water, and escape by the other tube. With the tubes suitably bent, it is also, used for washing precipitates, etc., by directing a stream of water on to them blown through the tube which terminates just below the stopper. [Lat., buticula.1