spill vase

noun

A small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.

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Meanings

nounspill vase (plural spill vases)

plural spill vases

  1. formerlyA small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.

    “Then, all the time, it was in the spill vase in Mrs. Inglethorp’s bedroom, under our very noses?” I cried.

    1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 183
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