burette

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When my wife was taken sick, I had said to Madame Burette, the pawnbroker, who lives in this house, that Louise wished to go to service to aid us.

From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène

Burette, bū-ret′, n. a flask-shaped vessel for holding liquids, an altar-cruet.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

M. Burette thinks it easy to conceive, that music may be really efficacious in relieving, if not in removing, the pains of sciatica; and that independent of the greater or less skill of the musician.

From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An

M. Burette has treated this subject in several dissertations, printed in the Memoirs of the Academy of Belles Lettres; wherein purity, perspicuity, and elegance of style are united with profound erudition.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

"Burette will give at least five hundred francs for the whole," said the widow, after a close examination.

From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène