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Definition of Carboy
1. Noun. A large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container.
Definition of Carboy
1. n. A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.
Definition of Carboy
1. Noun. A large, globular glass bottle, especially one of green glass, encased in basket work or in a box and used to hold corrosive liquids. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carboy
1. a large bottle [n -BOYS] : CARBOYED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carboy
Literary usage of Carboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"Wyndmere, carboy 33.30 Fargo, bottle 37.91 Fargo, carboy 38.47 Milton, unknown
21.60 Neche, unknown 35.21 Oakes, bottled 30.37 Grafton, carboy 37.35 Oakes, ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"He may order anything, from the tiny vial of one-drachm capacity up to the ungainly
carboy holding fourteen gallons. He may have any tints desired, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1870)
"The defendant being desirous of sending a carboy of nitric acid to Croydon, ...
Whilst being carried by the plaintiff to the cart, the carboy from some ..."
4. American Druggist (1888)
"A good way is to put the carboy on an elevated place, say about 18 to 24 inches high
... If the carboy has a wooden strip or side-rail, instead of a handle, ..."
5. Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas and in the by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, John Scott (1865)
"Whilst being carried by the plaintiff to Ua cart, the carboy from some unexplained
cause burst, and its contents flowed over and severe'/ injured the ..."
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