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Synonyms for alembic


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-lem-bik
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɛm bɪk

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Définition of alembic

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Middle French alambic (13c.), via Old Spanish, from Arabic al-anbiq "distilling flask," from Greek ambix "cup," of unknown, possibly Semitic, origin. Often spelled limbeck 15c.-17c.
  • As in container : noun holder for physical object
  • As in flask : noun small container for liquid
Example sentences :
  • This is the crucible from which is distilled the alembic of power.
  • Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting
  • A French physician, who travelled in China, says he never saw an alembic or distillatory apparatus in the whole country.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • And gold they prove, when submitted to the test of the alembic.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • Better perhaps the alembic and the pentagon than the faro-table and the dice-box.
  • Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • In some countries, the alembic is used as a condenser, instead of a worm.
  • Extract from : « Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2) » by Edward Hazen
  • The golden ore was passing through the alembic of adversity.
  • Extract from : « History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia » by Charles Campbell
  • I then turned my attention to a receiver, connected by a worm with an alembic on the furnace.
  • Extract from : « Auriol » by W. Harrison Ainsworth
  • From the alembic a strange cloud arose, And once again her face!
  • Extract from : « The Immortal Lure » by Cale Young Rice
  • Mete out the sulphur Into the alembic Of Cleopatra's crystal.
  • Extract from : « The Immortal Lure » by Cale Young Rice
  • As in a chemist's alembic, he fused and tried our Constitution and all our history.
  • Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; » by Clark S. Beardslee
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