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alembic There were some cauldrons in which a molten matter was boiling, retorts and alembics, and other curious receptacles.

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n. A type of distilling apparatus. Baudolino, Umberto Eco, p.297Image: Distillation_by_Alembic.PNG: H Padleckas Fire_triangle_ta.svg: *Fire_triangle.svg: Gustavb derivative work: trengarasu (talk) derivative work: Urutseg (Distillation_by_Alembic.PNG Fire_triangle_ta.svg) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Word	alembic
Definition	n. A type of distilling apparatus.
Sentence	There were some cauldrons in which a molten matter was boiling, retorts and alembics, and other curious receptacles.
Source	Baudolino, Umberto Eco, p.297 Image: Distillation_by_Alembic.PNG: H Padleckas Fire_triangle_ta.svg: *Fire_triangle.svg: Gustavb derivative work: trengarasu (talk) derivative work: Urutseg (Distillation_by_Alembic.PNG Fire_triangle_ta.svg) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Fire Triangle Derivative Work Alembic N Type Distilling