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car⋅boy

[kahr-boi]
–noun
a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used esp. for holding corrosive liquids.

Origin:
1705–15; < Pers qarāba(h) < Ar qarrābah big jug


carboyed, adjective
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car·boy   (kär'boi')   
n.  A large glass or plastic bottle, usually encased in a protective basket or crate and often used to hold corrosive liquids.

[Persian qarābah, from Arabic qarrāba, big jug, from qarraba, to bring near, derived stem of qaruba, to be near; see qrb in Semitic roots.]
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Word Origin & History

carboy 
"large globular bottle covered with basketwork," 1753, probably from Pers. qarabah "large flagon."
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