Found 2 items, similar to alembic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: alembic
alembic
n : an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two
retorts connected by a tube
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alembic
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.
[1913 Webster]