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Webster 1913 Edition

Limbec

Lim′bec

(lĭm′bĕk)
,
Noun.
[Abbrev. of
alembic
.]
An alembic; a still.
[Obs.]
Spenser. Shak.

Lim′bec

,
Verb.
T.
To distill.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Limbec

LIM'BEC

,
Noun.
[contracted from alembic.] A still; a word not now used.

LIM'BEC

,
Verb.
T.
To strain or pass through a still. Obs.

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