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al. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.

A vessel of flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.

ort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

An alembic; a still. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.

The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Quincy.

An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] Bacon.