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Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..

Retortive :: Retortive (a.) Containing retort.

Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

Retorting :: Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retor.

Antistrophon :: Antistrophon (n.) An argument retorted on an opponent.

Distillation :: Distillation (n.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam..

Alembic :: Alembic (n.) An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still..

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To make a retort; to bandy words.

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..

Synchronal :: Synchoresis (n.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

Retorsion :: Retorsion (n.) Same as Retortion.

Coating :: Coating (n.) A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The upper part of a retort.

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..

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..

Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Retaliation.

Neck :: Neck (n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd..

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