Also in 5 buret, buyret. [a. F. burette small vase, dim. of buire vase for liquors. (In sense 2 of recent adoption.)]
† 1. ‘A little cruet, violl, or bottle for oyle, or vinegar’ (Cotgr.).
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 198/1. Beryng a buyret of oyle.
2. A graduated glass tube for measuring small quantities of liquid.
1836. Penny Cycl., VI. 25. Burette, an instrument in chemistry, invented by M. Gay-Lussac. Ibid. The burette … is a very useful instrument in manufactories where the value of numerous samples of acids, alkalies, bleaching powder, &c. has to be quickly and correctly ascertained.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 686. A glass tube bent downwards, which … terminates in a burette.
