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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alembic /əˈlɛmbɪk/

▶noun an apparatus formerly used for distilling, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver.

– origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. alembicus, from Arab. al-'anbīḳ, from al- ‘the’ + 'anbīḳ ‘still’ (from Gk ambix, ambik- ‘cup’).

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