Tritorium
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vessel for separating liquids of different densities. obsolete
"The receivers should be emptied, by means of a tin funnel, into the tin or pewter tritorium described p. 30; and the crude spirit kept there till it be wanted for rectification; or, if the tritorium will not contain all that may happen to be made, this spirit may be drawn off […]"
Example
More examples"The receivers should be emptied, by means of a tin funnel, into the tin or pewter tritorium described p. 30; and the crude spirit kept there till it be wanted for rectification; or, if the tritorium will not contain all that may happen to be made, this spirit may be drawn off […]"
Etymology
Compare Latin terere, tritum (“to rub”).
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