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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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  1. n. An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
  2. n. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. n. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube