alembicn.

Brit.

/əˈlɛmbɪk/, U.S.

/əˈlɛmbɪk/

Forms: Middle English alambeke, Middle English alambic, Middle English alambik, Middle English alembyk, Middle English alembyke, Middle English–1600s alembeke, Middle English–1600s alembike, 1500s alembek, 1500s–1800s alembick, 1600s alembecke, 1600s alembicke, 1600s alimbeck, 1600s alimbecke, 1600s–1700s alembeck, 1600s– alembic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alembic; Latin alembicus.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French alembic, Middle French alambic (French alambic , †alembic ) vessel for distilling, also the upper part of it (a1277 in Old French as alambit ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin alembicus, alembicum (12th or 13th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources) < Arabic al-anbīq < al- the + anbīq vessel for distilling < Hellenistic Greek ἄμβικ- , ἄμβιξ vessel narrowing towards the brim, cap of a still, vessel for distilling, apparently < ancient Greek ἄμβων raised lip or edge (see ambon n.) + -ιξ , probably after κύλιξ cylix n. Compare Old Occitan alambic , alembic (1394), Spanish alambique (first half of the 15th cent. as †alembique ), Portuguese alambique (1562), Italian alambicco (end of the 14th cent. as †alembicho , †alenbicho , †alimbicco ); also Middle Dutch alembijt , halembic , alembyck (Dutch alembiek ). Compare limbeck n.

1. Chemistry. An early apparatus used for distilling, consisting of two connected vessels, a typically gourd-shaped cucurbit (cucurbit n.¹ 1) containing the substance to be distilled, and a receiver or flask in which the condensed product is collected. Occasionally also: spec. the lid or head (head n.¹ 19f) of the cucurbit together with its tube or beak which connects the two vessels. Now historical.The alembic was superseded by various forms of retort, still, and condenser.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > vessel of

alembicc1405

retort1527

bagpipe1558

cornute1605

refrigeratory1605

campane1662

cornue1672

refrigerant1678

culb1683

vesica1683

blind-head1743

ambix1781

refrigerator1798

still-tub1826

wash-cistern1853

wash-warmer1900

the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > retorts or stills

limbeckc1350

cucurbitc1386

alembicc1405

serpentaryc1450

pelican1527

retort1527

gourd1582

cucurbittel1605

horse-belly1660

long neck1660

philosophical egg1660

infuser1688

chapel1694

rencounter1694

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 794 Cucurbites and Alambikes [c1415 Lansd. alembeke, c1425 Petworth alembyke, c1440 Lichfield alembikes] eek.

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 33 Destill them in a glasse alembike accordyng to arte.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 279 Fill your alimbecke but 2. third parts full of Coppras.

1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. xiii. 118 The Alembeck and its Cucurbit must be both of Glass.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Earth Chymists by their Alembick shew us plainly what this Salt is.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 176 Some retorts are also made with an opening on their upper side, like that of tubulated glass alembics.., closed..with a glass stopple.

1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) i. i. 7 The vessel..is termed an alembic, and consists of two parts.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 21 In alembics, finely wrought, Distilling herbs and flowers.

1917 E. F. Smith Life Robert Hare 477 On hoisting the alembic off the fire, a jet of the liquefied salt fell accidentally upon some water in a tub.

1992 C. Hardyment Home Comfort (1997) iii. 55 A household alembic might hold up to ten or twelve pints in the lower part (the cucurbit) which was three-quarters filled with the infusion to be distilled.

2001 P. Ball Bright Earth iii. 84 We can recognize through their colour changes the transformations..that these proto-chemists were conducting in their elaborate alembics and pelicans.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. alembicated adj., alembication n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement > that which

alembic1614

cathartic1667

1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (4th impr.) sig. E4 Making a Brokers shop his Alembike, [he] can turne your silks into gold.

1675 E. Settle Love & Revenge ii. ii. 24 T'extract a Letcher from a Flaming Bed; A rare Alembick, excellent Chymistry.

1722 R. Blackmore Redemption iv. 183 Who can..explain..by what skill Th' alembicks of the air moist dews distill.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 135 The hot spirit drawn out of the alembick of hell, which in France is now so furiously boiling.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. ii. 17 The cool and procrastinating alembic of Dyer's Weekly Letter.

1856 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) iv. 235 Passed through the alembic of a great poet's imagination.

1889 F. E. Willard Glimpses of Fifty Years 536 The potency of every good thing ever learned by him..was all wrought, in the alembic of his memory, into new forms and combinations.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xxiii. 137 Fate..mixed within its alembic the car and the dog and the sun and the shade.

2006 Church Times 17 Mar. 27/1 English cathedral music has for the past three decades been an alembic for much that is artistically fresh and invigorating.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

alembicv.

Brit.

/əˈlɛmbɪk/, U.S.

/əˈlɛmbɪk/

Forms: see alembic n.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: alembic n.

Etymology: < alembic n., perhaps after French alambiquer (1552 in Middle French; now archaic). Compare limbeck v. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Compare also slightly earlier alembicate v.

Now rare.

transitive. = alembicate v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to distillation > as in an alembic

limbeck1599

alembic1635

1635 D. Person Varieties i. 8 The heavens are of a fift substance, not alembecked out of the foure elements.

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 170 For Quintessencing and Alembicking thee, and using thee as Alchymists do Gold.

1687 J. Shirley Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities i. 4 To Distill, or rather Alembeck Spirit of Wine.

1749 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 138 The important mysteries that have been alembicked out of a trifle.

1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams vii. lxxxv. 350 My lord has a mind to alembic his wine.

1822 Recreative Rev. 2 416 The duties of life have been refined and alembicked into essence of chimera.

1896 R. P. Woodward Trains that Met in Blizzard 88 ‘An idea alembicked from a vacuum’, said the Professor.

1902 Jrnl. Oxf. Univ. Junior Sci. Club May 51 I satisfied myself that if these three Peters be alembicked into one Peter little will be lost on the distillation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alembic
释义	alembicn. Brit. /əˈlɛmbɪk/, U.S. /əˈlɛmbɪk/ Forms: Middle English alambeke, Middle English alambic, Middle English alambik, Middle English alembyk, Middle English alembyke, Middle English–1600s alembeke, Middle English–1600s alembike, 1500s alembek, 1500s–1800s alembick, 1600s alembecke, 1600s alembicke, 1600s alimbeck, 1600s alimbecke, 1600s–1700s alembeck, 1600s– alembic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alembic; Latin alembicus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French alembic, Middle French alambic (French alambic , †alembic ) vessel for distilling, also the upper part of it (a1277 in Old French as alambit ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin alembicus, alembicum (12th or 13th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources) < Arabic al-anbīq < al- the + anbīq vessel for distilling < Hellenistic Greek ἄμβικ- , ἄμβιξ vessel narrowing towards the brim, cap of a still, vessel for distilling, apparently < ancient Greek ἄμβων raised lip or edge (see ambon n.) + -ιξ , probably after κύλιξ cylix n. Compare Old Occitan alambic , alembic (1394), Spanish alambique (first half of the 15th cent. as †alembique ), Portuguese alambique (1562), Italian alambicco (end of the 14th cent. as †alembicho , †alenbicho , †alimbicco ); also Middle Dutch alembijt , halembic , alembyck (Dutch alembiek ). Compare limbeck n. 1. Chemistry. An early apparatus used for distilling, consisting of two connected vessels, a typically gourd-shaped cucurbit (cucurbit n.¹ 1) containing the substance to be distilled, and a receiver or flask in which the condensed product is collected. Occasionally also: spec. the lid or head (head n.¹ 19f) of the cucurbit together with its tube or beak which connects the two vessels. Now historical.The alembic was superseded by various forms of retort, still, and condenser. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > vessel of alembicc1405 retort1527 bagpipe1558 cornute1605 refrigeratory1605 campane1662 cornue1672 refrigerant1678 culb1683 vesica1683 blind-head1743 ambix1781 refrigerator1798 still-tub1826 wash-cistern1853 wash-warmer1900 the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > retorts or stills limbeckc1350 cucurbitc1386 alembicc1405 serpentaryc1450 pelican1527 retort1527 gourd1582 cucurbittel1605 horse-belly1660 long neck1660 philosophical egg1660 infuser1688 chapel1694 rencounter1694 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 794 Cucurbites and Alambikes [c1415 Lansd. alembeke, c1425 Petworth alembyke, c1440 Lichfield alembikes] eek. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 33 Destill them in a glasse alembike accordyng to arte. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 279 Fill your alimbecke but 2. third parts full of Coppras. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. xiii. 118 The Alembeck and its Cucurbit must be both of Glass. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Earth Chymists by their Alembick shew us plainly what this Salt is. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 176 Some retorts are also made with an opening on their upper side, like that of tubulated glass alembics.., closed..with a glass stopple. 1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) i. i. 7 The vessel..is termed an alembic, and consists of two parts. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 21 In alembics, finely wrought, Distilling herbs and flowers. 1917 E. F. Smith Life Robert Hare 477 On hoisting the alembic off the fire, a jet of the liquefied salt fell accidentally upon some water in a tub. 1992 C. Hardyment Home Comfort (1997) iii. 55 A household alembic might hold up to ten or twelve pints in the lower part (the cucurbit) which was three-quarters filled with the infusion to be distilled. 2001 P. Ball Bright Earth iii. 84 We can recognize through their colour changes the transformations..that these proto-chemists were conducting in their elaborate alembics and pelicans. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. alembicated adj., alembication n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement > that which alembic1614 cathartic1667 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (4th impr.) sig. E4 Making a Brokers shop his Alembike, [he] can turne your silks into gold. 1675 E. Settle Love & Revenge ii. ii. 24 T'extract a Letcher from a Flaming Bed; A rare Alembick, excellent Chymistry. 1722 R. Blackmore Redemption iv. 183 Who can..explain..by what skill Th' alembicks of the air moist dews distill. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 135 The hot spirit drawn out of the alembick of hell, which in France is now so furiously boiling. View more context for this quotation 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. ii. 17 The cool and procrastinating alembic of Dyer's Weekly Letter. View more context for this quotation 1856 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) iv. 235 Passed through the alembic of a great poet's imagination. 1889 F. E. Willard Glimpses of Fifty Years 536 The potency of every good thing ever learned by him..was all wrought, in the alembic of his memory, into new forms and combinations. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xxiii. 137 Fate..mixed within its alembic the car and the dog and the sun and the shade. 2006 Church Times 17 Mar. 27/1 English cathedral music has for the past three decades been an alembic for much that is artistically fresh and invigorating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). alembicv. Brit. /əˈlɛmbɪk/, U.S. /əˈlɛmbɪk/ Forms: see alembic n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: alembic n. Etymology: < alembic n., perhaps after French alambiquer (1552 in Middle French; now archaic). Compare limbeck v. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Compare also slightly earlier alembicate v. Now rare. transitive. = alembicate v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to distillation > as in an alembic limbeck1599 alembic1635 1635 D. Person Varieties i. 8 The heavens are of a fift substance, not alembecked out of the foure elements. a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 170 For Quintessencing and Alembicking thee, and using thee as Alchymists do Gold. 1687 J. Shirley Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities i. 4 To Distill, or rather Alembeck Spirit of Wine. 1749 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 138 The important mysteries that have been alembicked out of a trifle. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams vii. lxxxv. 350 My lord has a mind to alembic his wine. 1822 Recreative Rev. 2 416 The duties of life have been refined and alembicked into essence of chimera. 1896 R. P. Woodward Trains that Met in Blizzard 88 ‘An idea alembicked from a vacuum’, said the Professor. 1902 Jrnl. Oxf. Univ. Junior Sci. Club May 51 I satisfied myself that if these three Peters be alembicked into one Peter little will be lost on the distillation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1405v.1635
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