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beaker a cylindrical flat-bottomed container used in laboratories, usually made of glass and having a pouring lip beaker [′bē·kər] (naval architecture) A shipboard vessel, usually used for storing water. (science and technology) A deep, open-mouthed, cylindrical vessel with thin walls, which usually has a projecting lip for pouring. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There was an attractive spot among the trees where were a great many wooden tables and benches; and there one could sit in the shade and pretend to sip at his foamy beaker of beer while he inspected the crowd. Stutely filled the Bishop's beaker with wine each time he emptied it, and the Bishop got mellower and mellower as the afternoon shades lengthened on toward sunset. The wine of life, henceforth to be presented to her lips, must be indeed rich, delicious, and exhilarating, in its chased and golden beaker, or else leave an inevitable and weary languor, after the lees of bitterness wherewith she had been drugged, as with a cordial of intensest potency. |
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