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sublimatory

/ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/

sublimatory noun: a vessel or device used for sublimation.

Noun

sublimatory (plural sublimatories)

  1. A vessel or device used for sublimation.
    • Take the black feces, that remain in the bottome, stampe them, and put them in a sublimatory of good earth, of an inch thick, and no more, for six houres, first a little fire, then reinforce it for twelve others, till the sublimatory be red[…]1649, Blaise de Vigenère, translated by Edward Stephens, A Discourse of Fire and Salt, page 155
    • How Sulphur is sublimed. Take the best and clearest yellow Sulphur[…]then put [the sulphur and other substances] into your Sublimatory, and put on its head; add to it fire of the first degree, until all its moisture be vapoured away; then close the pipe above, and proceed with the fire by degrees...1667, John French, chapter 7, in The Art of Distillation, page 218

Adjective

sublimatory (not comparable)

  1. Used for sublimation.
    • [W]hen (to explain my meaning by a groſs Example) the Corpuſcles of Sulphur and Mercury do, by a ſtrict Coalition, aſſociate themſelves into the Body vve call Vermilion, though theſe vvill riſe together in Sublimatory Veſſels, vvithout being divorc'd by the fire, and vvill act, in many caſes, as...1666, Robert Boyle, “The II. Section, Containing the Experiments. [Experiment VII.]”, in The Origine of Formes and Qualities, (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy,) Illustrated by Considerations...

Forms of sublimatory

pluralsublimatories

Origin of sublimatory

From Middle English sublymatories pl, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrium, from Latin sublīmātus (see sublime) + -ōrium.

From Middle French sublimatoire, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrius.

Questions about sublimatory

What does sublimatory mean?
Sublimatory means a vessel or device used for sublimation.
What part of speech is sublimatory?
Sublimatory can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce sublimatory?
Sublimatory is pronounced /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/.
What is the plural of sublimatory?
The plural of sublimatory is sublimatories.

Words near sublimatory in the dictionary

  1. sublimations
  2. sublimative
  3. sublimator
  4. sublimatories
  5. sublimators
  6. sublimatory
  7. sublimbate
  8. sublime
  9. Sublime Porte
  10. Sublime State of Afghanistan
  11. sublimed

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