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Noun
/əˈlembik/,
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alembics, plural;
  1. A distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a rounded, necked flask and a cap with a long beak for condensing and conveying the products to a receiver

  1. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
  2. An alembic (from Arabic al-inbīq , from Greek ambix (ambikon) possibly from Semitic) is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube. ...
  3. something that refines or transmutes as if by distillation
  4. a chemical vessel formerly used in distillation, usually of glass or copper (see cucurbit)
  5. The traditional pot still that requires several cycles of distillation in order to refine the alcohol to the desired level.
  6. An apparatus formerly used in distilling, consisting of a gourd-shaped vessel containing the substance to be distilled, surmounted by the alembic proper, the beak of which conveyed the vaporous products to a receiver, in which they were condensed. ...
  7. A kind of flask used by alchemists for distilling
  8. an alchemical retort thru which evaporated liquids are condensed. [p. 832]
  9. n. - ancient distilling apparatus; purifying or transforming apparatus or act. alembicate, v. distil. alembicated, adj. rather too refined (of literary style).
  10. container for distillation of the juice extracted from agave (must).
  11. الإنبيق al-anbiq, still (the distillation device), from Greek ambix, stem ambik-, cup
  12. A type of distillation apparatus.