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Definition of retort
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Retort
(n.) To bend or curve back; as, a
retorted
line..
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Quirk
::
Quirk (n.) A smart
retort;
a
quibble;
a
shallow
conceit.
Antistrophe
::
Antistrophe
(n.) The
retort
or
turning
of an
adversary's
plea
against
him.
Bombolo
::
Bombolo
(n.) A thin
spheroidal
glass
retort
or
flask,
used in the
sublimation
of
camphor..
Floorer
::
Floorer
(n.)
Anything
that
floors
or
upsets
a
person,
as a blow that
knocks
him down; a
conclusive
answer
or
retort;
a task that
exceeds
one's
abilities..
Retort
::
Retort
(n.) To
return,
as an
argument,
accusation,
censure,
or
incivility;
as, to
retort
the
charge
of
vanity..
Return
::
Return
(v. t.) To
retort;
to throw back; as, to
return
the lie..
Adopter
::
Adopter
(n.) A
receiver,
with two
necks,
opposite
to each
other,
one of which
admits
the neck of a
retort,
and the other is
joined
to
another
receiver.
It is used in
distillations,
to give more space to
elastic
vapors,
to
increase
the
length
of the neck of a
retort,
or to unite two
vessels
whose
openings
have
different
diameters..
Tubulation
::
Tubulation
(n.) The act of
shaping
or
making
a tube, or of
providing
with a tube; also, a tube or
tubulure;
as, the
tubulation
of a
retort..
Pretorture
::
Pretorture
(v. t.) To
torture
beforehand.
Floor
::
Floor (v. t.) To
strike
down or lay level with the
floor;
to knock down;
hence,
to
silence
by a
conclusive
answer
or
retort;
as, to floor an
opponent..
Still
::
Still (v.) A
vessel,
boiler,
or
copper
used in the
distillation
of
liquids;
specifically,
one used for the
distillation
of
alcoholic
liquors;
a
retort.
The name is
sometimes
applied
to the whole
apparatus
used in in
vaporization
and
condensation..
Quip
::
Quip (n.) A
smart,
sarcastic
turn or jest; a
taunt;
a
severe
retort;
a
gibe..
Retortive
::
Retortive
(a.)
Containing
retort.
Retort
::
Retort
(n.) To throw back; to
reverberate;
to
reflect.
Retorsion
::
Retorsion
(n.) Same as
Retortion.
Reprisal
::
Reprisal
(n.) The act of
retorting
on an enemy by
inflicting
suffering
or death on a
prisoner
taken from him, in
retaliation
for an act of
inhumanity..
Retorter
::
Retorter
(n.) One who
retorts.
Retort
::
Retort
(v. t.) A
vessel
in which
substances
are
subjected
to
distillation
or
decomposition
by heat. It is made of
different
forms and
materials
for
different
uses, as a bulb of glass with a
curved
beak to enter a
receiver
for
general
chemical
operations,
or a
cylinder
or
semicylinder
of cast iron for the
manufacture
of gas in gas
works..
Pay
::
Pay (v. t.)
Hence,
figuratively:
To
compensate
justly;
to
requite
according
to
merit;
to
reward;
to
punish;
to
retort
or
retaliate
upon..
Recriminatory
::
Recriminatory
(a.)
Having
the
quality
of
recrimination;
retorting
accusation;
recriminating.
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