[a. It. bombola ‘sort of glass vessel for holding wine,’ etc. (Tommaseo and Bellini).] A glass flask for subliming camphor.

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1854.  Tomlinson, Cycl. Usef. Arts (1866), I. 286. Spheroidal vessels called bomboloes. They are made of thin flint glass … and measure about 12 inches across.

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