Vi″al (vī″al), n. [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See Phial.] A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [Written also phial.]
Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off. Shak.