Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spheroidal vessel of flint-glass, used in subliming crude camphor. It is usually about 12 inches in diameter. Also bumbelo, bumbolo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A thin
spheroidal glass retort orflask , used in thesublimation ofcamphor .
Etymologies
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Compare Italian bombola ("a pitcher").
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