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See also:MATRASS (mod. See also:Lat. matracium) , a See also:glass See also:vessel with a See also:round or See also:oval See also:body and a See also:long narrow See also:neck, used in See also:chemistry, &c., as a digester or distiller . The See also:Florence See also:flask of See also:commerce is frequently used for this purpose . The word is possibly identical with an old name " See also:matrass " (Fr. materas, matelas) for the See also:bolt or See also:quarrel of a See also:cross-See also:bow . If so, some identity of shape is the See also:reason for the application of the word; " bolt-See also:head " is also used as a name for the vessel . Another connexion is suggested with the Arabic matra, a See also:leather See also:bottle . |
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