The main part of a pot or vessel (as opposed to the neck, lid, spout, etc.); spec. the rounded lower part of a retort. In early use also: †a vessel…

A retort or vessel used for distillation by the method of descent (descent, n. 11).

A vessel for the old chemical process of circulation; an alembic or retort having the neck or necks bent back so as to re-enter the lower part of the…

Chemistry. A container, usually of glass, for collecting and condensing the products of distillation.

? = bolt-head, n. 2.

Chemistry. A tube for connecting two pieces of apparatus; esp. one connecting the retort and receiver in apparatus for distillation. Cf. adapter, n.…

a series of glass receivers (Woulfe's bottles) formerly used in distillation.

The part of a distillation apparatus in which alcoholic vapour is cooled.

; fractionating column, a long vertical chamber for fractionating liquids in which vapour from a still passes upwards to a condenser and mixes…