vinaigrette

vinaigrette
/vin'euh gret"/, n.
1. Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
adj.
3. (of a food, as asparagus or artichoke) served with a sauce made with vinegar or with vinaigrette sauce.
[1690-1700; < F, equiv. to vinaigre VINEGAR + -ette -ETTE]

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▪ decorative article
      small metal perfume container usually made of gold or silver and containing a pierced metal tray beneath which was placed a piece of sponge soaked in an aromatic substance such as vinegar combined with lavender. Vinaigrettes were made as boxes and many more novel forms from the late 18th to the late 19th century. Most English examples were made in Birmingham.

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