Limbeck

noun

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Noun

1
An alembic. obsolete
"[…] some of our modern chemists by their strange limbecks, by their spells, philosopher's stones and charms."

Synonyms

ambix anvil apparatus chemical apparatus crucible engine

Example

"[…] some of our modern chemists by their strange limbecks, by their spells, philosopher's stones and charms."

Etymology

Aphetic form of alembic.

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