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Bottle
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bottle [′bäd·əl]
(engineering)
A container made from pipe or plate with drawn, forged, or spun end closures, and used for storing or transporting gas.

bottle
Old English term for bowtell.

Bottle 

a glass vessel with a narrow neck. In Russia, before the introduction of the metric system of measures, a bottle was a legal measure of fluids. The wine bottle was equal to one-sixteenth of a bucket (0.68 liter) and the vodka or beer bottle was equal to one-twentieth of a bucket (0.615 liter).



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Byline: CLINTON MANNING By RUKI SAYID HARD-up Britons are hitting the bottle, as sales of Heinz ketchup and salad cream soared in the past year.
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As the residents of Shieldinch gather to say their final goodbyes to George, it all gets too much for the former jailbird and she starts hitting the bottle - with disastrous results.
 
 
 
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