| slovo | definícia |
alembic
(encz) | alembic,alambik n: Zdeněk Brož |
alembic
(encz) | alembic,alembik n: Zdeněk Brož |
alembic
(encz) | alembic,destilační přístroj Zdeněk Brož |
Alembic
(gcide) | Alembic \A*lem"bic\ ([.a]*l[e^]m"b[i^]k), n. [F. alambic (cf.
Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anb[imac]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.
[1913 Webster] |
alembic
(wn) | alembic
n 1: an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two
retorts connected by a tube |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
alembic
(encz) | alembic,alambik n: Zdeněk Brožalembic,alembik n: Zdeněk Brožalembic,destilační přístroj Zdeněk Brož |
alembic
(wn) | alembic
n 1: an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two
retorts connected by a tube |
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