She took the vase in one hand, along with the whiskey tumbler in the other went across the room to the decanter of whiskey let the flowers get too close to her nose.
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decanting. ] [ F. décanter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. dé- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge. ] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled. [ 1913 Webster ]