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alembic
[ uh-lem-bik ]
noun
- a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
- anything that transforms, purifies, or refines.
alembic
/ əˈlɛmbɪk /
noun
- an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- anything that distils or purifies
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Origin of alembic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alembic1
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Example Sentences
Gracie packed up her Wellington boots, long-sleeved shirts, and trousers, and flew to Caracas with a five-liter alembic still.
All these were to be reduced to powder and placed in a glass alembic and dissolved.
Alembic, al-em′bik, n. a vessel used by the old chemists in distillation.
I then turned my attention to a receiver, connected by a worm with an alembic on the furnace.
You pass it through alembic after alembic, it comes out still a Dishonesty, with a new dress on it, a new colour to it.
Tortured in the human alembic, she was at length resolved, seeing with a vision that pierced all her horizons.
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