noun. An apparatus consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, formerly used for distilling liquids.

noun. A device that purifies or alters by a process comparable to distillation.

noun. A vessel formerly used in chemistry for distillation, and usually made of glass or copper.

noun. Hence Anything which works a change or transformation: as, the alembic of sorrow.

To distil as by an alembic; obtain as by means of an alembic.

noun. An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.

noun. An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation

noun. an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube

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