4. (Founding) 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.
Erlenmeyer flask, a thin glass flask, flat- bottomed and cone-shaped to
allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of
spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented
it. -- Florence flask. [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as Betty, n.,
3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom,
and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. -- Pocket flask, a
kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to
protect it from breaking.
Flask"et (?), n. [Cf. W. fflasged a vessel of straw or wickerwork,
fflasg flask, basket, and E. flask.] 1. A long, shallow basket, with
two handles. [Eng.]
In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket.
Spenser.