Thesaurus: alembic
An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
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- n. An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
- n. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
- An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.
- An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made ofglass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and wormstill.Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination.Brimley.
- n. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube