Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Phial /(fī"al)/ · Phi·al · IPA /ˈfaɪəl/ n. v. t. 01 n. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial. 1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial. 02 v. t. To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. imp. & p. p. Phialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Phialing 1. To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. “Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust.” — Shenstone.