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limbeck

limbeck noun: an alembic.

Noun

limbeck (plural limbecks)

  1. (obsolete) An alembic.
    • […] some of our modern chemists by their strange limbecks, by their spells, philosopher's stones and charms., II.i.1
    • I, by loves limbecke, am the grave / Of all, that's nothing.a. 1631, John Donne, “A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day”, in Poems, published 1633

Forms of limbeck

plurallimbecks

Origin of limbeck

Aphetic form of alembic.

Questions about limbeck

What does limbeck mean?
Limbeck means an alembic.
What part of speech is limbeck?
Limbeck is a noun.
What is the plural of limbeck?
The plural of limbeck is limbecks.

Words near limbeck in the dictionary

  1. Limbaugh
  2. Limbaughesque
  3. Limbaughs
  4. Limbe
  5. limbec
  6. limbeck
  7. limbecked
  8. limbecking
  9. limbecks
  10. limbecs
  11. limbed

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