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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.

Definition 2024

limbec

limbec

English

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To distill.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

Noun

limbec ‎(plural limbecs)

  1. An alembic; a still.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
    • Shakespeare, Macbeth:
      the warder of the brain / Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason / A limbec only.

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