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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
FL'ASK, n.
A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a
flask of oil or wine.
A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass,
used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in;
or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat
water in, etc.
A bed in a gun carriage.
[Obs.]
Bailey. The wooden or iron frame
which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it
consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top;
sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or
bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a
three part flask, four part flask, etc.
Erlenmeyer flask, a thin glass flask, flat-
bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents
laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from
Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. --
Florence flask. [From Florence in Italy.]
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