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1. A bottle (for) containing brandy; also fig.
1676. Etheredge, Man of Mode, I. i. (1684), 3. Go, you are an insignificant Brandy Bottle.
1765. Tucker, Lt. Nat., II. 179. Putting his mouth to the brandy bottle.
2. Bot. A local name of the Yellow Water-lily (Nuphar luteum).
1846. Mrs. Loudon, Ladies’ Comp. Flower-Gard., 201. The popular name is Brandy Bottle, from the flowers smelling like brandy.
1863. Prior, Plant-n., 28. Brandy-bottle, from the shape of the seed-vessel, the yellow water-lily.
