matrass
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[ma-truh
s] 
mat⋅rass
[ma-truhs] –noun Chemistry.
| a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances. |
Also, mattrass.
Origin:
1595–1605; < F matras, perh. < Ar maṭarah leather bottle < Gk metrēt
s a liquid measure
1595–1605; < F matras, perh. < Ar maṭarah leather bottle < Gk metrēt
s a liquid measure
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Matrass
Ma*trass"\, n. [F. matras; perh. so called from its long narrow neck; cf. OF. matras large arrow, L. materis, mataris, matara, a Celtic javelin, pike; of Celtic origin.] (Chem.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.
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