matrass

[ ma-truh s ]

/ ˈmæ trəs /

a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.

Origin of matrass

1595–1605; < French matras, perhaps < Arabic maṭarah leather bottle < Greek metrētḗs a liquid measure

The matrass is then dexterously removed, without letting its water overflow the crucible.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
This is made to boil for about 10 minutes, and is then poured off, when the matrass is filled up with distilled water to the brim.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
The powder adhering to the matrass should be washed out and thrown on the filter by the help of a little water.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
This vehicle contained several invalids, two of whom were reclining on a matrass laid along the bottom.

The South-West |Jonathon Holt Ingraham

The whole are put into a matrass, and exposed to the sun for two months during the hottest season of the year.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

matrass

/ (ˈmætrəs) /

chem obsolete a long-necked glass flask, used for distilling, dissolving substances, etc

C17: from French, perhaps related to Latin mētiri to measure