"limbeck" meaning in All languages combined

See limbeck on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: limbecks [plural]
Etymology: Aphetic form of alembic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} limbeck (plural limbecks)
  1. (obsolete) An alembic. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-limbeck-en-noun-uJyZPJnr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": ", II.i.1",
          "text": "[…] some of our modern chemists by their strange limbecks, by their spells, philosopher's stones and charms."
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1631, John Donne, “A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day”, in Poems, published 1633:",
          "text": "I, by loves limbecke, am the grave / Of all, that's nothing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Alfred Edward Housman, Last Poems, section III:",
          "text": "Her strong enchantments failing,\nHer towers of fear in wreck,\nHer limbecks dried of poisons\nAnd the knife at her neck,\nThe Queen of air and darkness\nBegins to shrill and cry,\n‘O young man, O my slayer,\nTo-morrow you shall die.’",
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        }
      ],
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          "alembic",
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        "(obsolete) An alembic."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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    }
  ],
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "I, by loves limbecke, am the grave / Of all, that's nothing.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Alfred Edward Housman, Last Poems, section III:",
          "text": "Her strong enchantments failing,\nHer towers of fear in wreck,\nHer limbecks dried of poisons\nAnd the knife at her neck,\nThe Queen of air and darkness\nBegins to shrill and cry,\n‘O young man, O my slayer,\nTo-morrow you shall die.’",
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        "(obsolete) An alembic."
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