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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Alembic

/(ȧ*lĕm"bĭk)/ · A·lem·bic · IPA /əˈlɛm.bɪk/
01 n. An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
  1. 1.
    An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
    “The alembic of a great poet's imagination.” — Brimley.