Alembic
Alembic (ȧ*lem"bik) , noun
[French alambic (compare Sp. alambique), Arabic al-anbīq, from Greek 'a`mbix cup, cap of a still. The cap or head was the alembic proper. Compare Limbec.]
Used also metaphorically.
The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.
An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
The alembic of a great poet's imagination.