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English Dictionary: alembic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alembic
n
  1. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alembic \A*lem"bic\ ([adot]*l[ecr]m"b[icr]k), n. [F. alambic
      (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anb[c6]q, fr. Gr. 'a`mbix cup,
      cap of a still. The cap or head was the alembic proper. Cf.
      {Limbec}.]
      An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of
      glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and
      worm still.
  
      Note: Used also metaphorically.
  
                        The alembic of a great poet's imagination.
                                                                              --Brimley.
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