Definitionn. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation
Last update: August 8, 2015
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In shape, it resembles the body of an alembic, a chemist's retort with a short lateral neck, or, better still, the foot of a stocking, with the edges brought together, but for a little round hole left at one side. [Please select]
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Distilled in the alembic of the stomach, the life destroyed by slaughter becomes so much fresh life. [Please select]
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The baldest of Shaker prose turned to purest poetry when Susanna dipped it in the alembic of her own imagination. [Please select]
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