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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alembic \A*lem"bic\ ([.a]*l[e^]m"b[i^]k), n. [F. alambic (cf.
Sp alambique), Ar al-anb[=i]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alembic
n : an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two
retorts connected by a tube
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