Meaning of wine bottleful | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“They all began the acid the day they were admitted, one drachm at firſt being diluted in a wine bottleful of water, which was given to each in the courſe of the day;[…].”

“Each packet of Inkstand Powder makes a wine bottleful of Ink, price 1s.”

“These shreds must next be put⟳ into a wooden can, perfectly clean⟳, with an infusion of three common wine bottlesful of some dry and sound⟳ wine, such as Vin de Graves, Barsac, Hock, or Moselle, after which the can should be placed as near a fire as may be considered prudent, for a wooden vessel.”

“The result⟳ will be about a wine bottleful of the finest Black Draught, which will keep⟳ for a long time.[…]The following prescriptions for mixtures are calculated in the proper strength to make⟳ a wine bottleful of each mixture, and the proper dose of each, will be as follows:—[…].”

“To a wine bottleful of spirits of wine add⟳ a large teaspoonful of corrosive sublimate;[…].”

“Four pounds of apples, cored and cut⟳ up, but not peeled, or green gooseberries, or green peaches and apples, mixed, one wine bottleful of vinegar, one pound of coarse sugar.”

“A useful solution for ear-dressing is made of Cooper’s powder dip—3 ounces rubbed into paste with a little water; mix⟳ with ¾ lb. of soft soap and a little more water, and a wine bottleful of raw linseed oil, mix⟳, then add⟳ a wine bottleful of paraffin, mix⟳ the whole thoroughly together, then add⟳ water gradually, stirring all the time to make⟳ the mixture up to 4 gallons; this can be applied with paint⟳ brushes or with swabs, or the syringe, both to the ears and under the tails.”

“It’s no small matter⟳, spilling the equivalent of a wine bottleful of blood (vintage stuff, distilled over the decades in some of the finest bars between here and Amman) and having a surgeon practise⟳ macrame on your throat with needle and thread.”

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