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Flask

Definition: A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask
of oil or wine.

Flask

Definition: A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various
purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron,
to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

Flask

Definition: A bed in a gun carriage.

Flask

Definition: The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming
the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the
cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or
bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a
three part flask, four part flask, etc.