Definition of "smelling-bottle" []

• A small portable bottle or flask, usually of fanciful form or decorated, for containing smelling-salts, or for containing an agreeable perfume. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Madame de Sourdis, when informed of his death, demanded her smelling-bottle, and forgot to weep, through sniffling at her salts."
• "She had almost taken it out to bring the queen to life again, when she put it back, and looked for the smelling-bottle."
• "If I will believe Boots when he gives me his word and honour upon it, the lady had got a parasol, a smelling-bottle, a round and a half of cold buttered toast, eight peppermint drops, and a hair - brush, — seemingly"