alembics

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Scope note
Apparatus of glass or metal formerly used in distillation. They are in the shape of an inverted bowl with an internal gutter along the rim into which the condensed vapor descends and from which extends a long horizontally sloping tube to the receptacle for the distilled liquid.
alembics
Accepted term: 13-May-2024