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Definition of Matrass
1. n. A round- bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.
Definition of Matrass
1. Noun. (obsolete) A bolt for a crossbow ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete chemistry) A bolthead flask ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matrass
1. a long-necked glass vessel [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Matrass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Matrass
Literary usage of Matrass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Chemistry: By George Rantoul White by George Rantoul White (1894)
"A matrass is a hard glass vessel with a long slim neck and a bulb-like body.
For a large matrass a Kjeldahl flask serves excellently. ..."
2. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"... and the above quantities will have yielded seventeen ounces; put into a matrass
two pounds of crushed sugar with the inra- sion, close the matrass tight ..."
3. A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the Science by William Thomas Brande, William James MacNeven (1821)
"... consisting of a matrass containing the fermenting mixture, with a bent tube
issuing from it, and passing into an inverted jar .standing in water. ..."
4. A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon: With Instructions for by Joseph Henry Collins (1871)
"TABLE I.— REACTIONS IN matrass. Kxp Í. — Heat a small portion in a matrass (see p.
18). A. The substance turns black, and gives off pungent odours and much ..."
5. The Blowpipe Manual by Theodore Scheerer (1869)
"TEST IN GLASS matrass. The clean and perfectly dry matrass, containing a small
quantity of thé substance to be examined, is heated at the lower end at first ..."
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