flasket

flasket
\\-kə̇t\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Middle English, a container, from (assumed) Old North French flasket small bottle (Old French flaschet), diminutive of Old North French flaske bottle (Old French flasche), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin flasca bottle (whence Medieval Latin flasca), probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flasce, flaxe bottle, Old High German & Old Norse flaska — more at flask
1. now dialect England : a long shallow basket
2. : a small flask

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