winebottleful

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A form of wine-bottleful — As much as a wine bottle will hold.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounwinebottleful (plural winebottlefuls)

plural winebottlefuls

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wine-bottleful.

    What must I do if, at market-time or on a Saturday night, a customer wants a pennyworth each of paregoric and syrup of squills, or a pennyworth of laudanum in a winebottleful of vinegar and treacle?

    1870 February 16, Henry H. Pollard, “Correspondence”, in Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, second series, volume XI, London: John Churchill and Sons, […]; Maclachlan & Stewart, Edinburgh; and Fannin & Co., […], page 582
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    Put a breakfastcupful of good hops into a saucepan with four quarts of cold water; let it be boiled slowly for five hours, until it is reduced to three quarts, or four winebottlefuls, and then strain.

    1871, George Fullerton, “The Stomach”, in The Family Medical Guide; with Plain Directions for the Treatment of Every Case, and a List of the Medicines Required for Any Household, London: Chapman & Hall, […], page 75

    When there is much febrile excitement I usually begin with drop doses of tincture of aconite, repeated every three hours for a few times, and followed by the bichromate, one grain in a winebottleful of water, of which solution a wineglassful is given three times a day, and then as the symptoms yield only night and morning.

    1873, James Moore, “On the Therapeutic Action of Kali Bichromicum”, in [James Beart] Simonds, editor, assisted by Professors Brown and Tuson, and G[eorge] Fleming, The Veterinarian: A Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science, London: […] J. E. Adlard, […] Longmans, Green, & Co., […], page 441

    Where pecuniary considerations forbid a journey to the baths, I order the artificial Karlsbad salts (one to two teaspoonfuls in half a winebottleful of hot water, of the temperature of 122° to 126.5° Fahr.) to be taken in the morning before eating.

    1875, H[ugo Wilhelm] von Ziemssen, editor; Prof. Hertz, author; Edward W. Schauffler, transl.; Albert H. Buck, editor of American edition, “Malarial Diseases”, in Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine, volume II (Acute Infectious Diseases), New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, […], page 678

    The form I have always recommended is a teaspoonfull^([sic]) of bicarbonate of soda and a tablespoonful of eau de Cologne in a quart (a winebottleful) of water, a little hot water being added, if required, to warm the small quantity poured out for use.

    1877 November 17, Alexander Stewart, “Why Dental Caries is so General, and how to Prevent It”, in Roberts Bartholow, James G. Hyndman, editors, The Clinic. A Weekly Journal of Practical Medicine., volume XIII, number 20, Cincinnati, Ohio: […] for the Clinic Publishing Company by Robert Clarke & Co., page 233
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