Definition of "brandy-bottle" []

• A name of the yellow water-lily of Europe, Nuphar luteum, from the odor of the flower or the shape of the seed-vessel. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Here he burst out into a wild laugh, at which Strong got up and put away the brandy-bottle."
• "Corri had a brandy-bottle and glass with him, and insisted I should take a dram."
• "I was captain in the Guard of His Holiness the Pope, I made the campaign of Scotland with the Prince of Wales — a bad fellow, my dear, caring more for his mistress and his brandy-bottle than for the crowns of the three kingdoms."