Carboy
['kɑːbɒɪ] or ['kɑrbɔɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container.
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Definition
(n.) A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.
Typist: Ursula
Definition
n. a large bottle of green or blue glass protected with a frame of basket-work or wood used for holding sulphuric acid or the like.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- Sir, I have come out of my articles at Kenge and Carboy's, and I believe with satisfaction to all parties. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The blow broke the glass carboy, and the acid ran down upon the field magnets of the dynamo, destroying the windings of one of the twelve magnets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The carboy tipped over, the acid ran out, went through to the manager's room below, and ate up his desk and all the carpet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was Kenge and Carboy's. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Kenge and Carboy, of London. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My name is Kenge, he said; you may remember it, my child; Kenge and Carboy, Lincoln's Inn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Kenge and Carboy's, Mr. Tulkinghorn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My present salary, Miss Summerson, at Kenge and Carboy's, is two pound a week. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I spoke in such terms as I was bound to speak of Kenge and Carboy's office, which stands high. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Kenge and Carboy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His satisfaction communicates itself to a third saunterer through the long vacation in Kenge and Carboy's office, to wit, Young Smallweed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You won't make any use of it to my detriment at Kenge and Carboy's or elsewhere. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- From Kenge and Carboy's, surely? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A young gentleman who had inked himself by accident addressed me from the pavement and said, I am from Kenge and Carboy's, miss, of Lincoln's Inn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am informed of that fact because--which I mention in confidence--I know it in the way of my profession at Kenge and Carboy's. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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