alembic
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- An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
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From French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembīcus, from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Doublet of ambix and lambic.
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