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limbecking

limbecking is the present participle and gerund of limbec.

Meaning of limbec

Verb

limbec (third-person singular simple present limbecs, present participle limbecking, simple past and past participle limbecked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To distill.
    • I, by Love's limbec, am the grave / Of all that's nothing.c. 1627, John Donne, A Nocturnal upon St. Lucie's Day, being the shortest day

Questions about limbecking

What is limbecking the present participle and gerund of?
Limbecking is the present participle and gerund of limbec.

Words near limbecking in the dictionary

  1. Limbaughs
  2. Limbe
  3. limbec
  4. limbeck
  5. limbecked
  6. limbecking
  7. limbecks
  8. limbecs
  9. limbed
  10. limber
  11. limber as a dishrag

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