单词 | descensory |
释义 | descensoryn. Chemistry. Now historical. A retort or vessel used for distillation by the method of descent (descent n. 11). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > distillation apparatus bodya1400 descensoryc1405 circulatory1559 receiver1576 bolt-glass1594 adopter1741 Woulfe's apparatus1800 alcogene1828 fractionating column1908 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 792 Sondry vessels maad of erthe and glas Oure vrynals and our descensories. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. i. 354 Also their lamps, their vrinalles, discensories, sublimatories, alembecks, viols, croslets, cucurbits, stillatories, and their fornace of calcination. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. iv. xii. 112 A chymical Descensory. 1893 Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 12 130 Geber describes in detail the aludel (or sublimatory of glass), the descensory, apparatus for filtration, and the water-bath. 1940 Isis 32 273 Included are the furnaces..a descensory, that is a vessel or retort used in distillation by descent; and pestles. 2009 R. Maxwell Signora da Vinci xxiv. 251 With one of us calling out the steps from the book, the other would execute the procedure with flasks and kerotakis and burners and descensories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). descensoryadj. Chemistry. Now historical. Relating to or of the nature of distillation by descent (descent n. 11); (of a furnace) used for such distillation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to distillation > relating to descent distillation descensory1617 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 348 Transudation is when in descensory distillation, the essence prouoked, sweateth through, and is carried guttatim into the receiuer. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber v. iv. 275 The Descensory Furnace is made as before described. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 146/1 The specifick properties of Liquors perish in descensory distillation [L. in descensoria destillatione]. 1948 R. J. Forbes Short Hist. Art Distillation iv. 83 The distillatory furnace is practically the same, nor does the descensory furnace differ much. 1957 E. J. Holmyard Alchemy iv. 45 In the descensory furnace, an iron or earthenware funnel with a lid was fixed in the middle of the fire. 2002 D. Horch Angel with One Hundred Wings xviii. 218 The pestle..hadn't been tilted that far towards the descensory furnace, had it? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405adj.1617 |
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