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Definition of retort
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Retort
(n.) To
return,
as an
argument,
accusation,
censure,
or
incivility;
as, to
retort
the
charge
of
vanity..
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Revie
::
Revie (v. i.) To make a
retort;
to bandy
words.
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..
Antistrophon
::
Antistrophon
(n.) An
argument
retorted
on an
opponent.
Helmet
::
Helmet
(n.) The upper part of a
retort.
Retort
::
Retort
(n.) To throw back; to
reverberate;
to
reflect.
Setdown
::
Setdown
(n.) The
humbling
of a
person
by act or
words,
especially
by a
retort
or a
reproof;
the
retort
or the
reproof
which has such
effect..
Retort
::
Retort
(v. i.) To
return
an
argument
or a
charge;
to make a
severe
reply.
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..
Provocation
::
Provocation
(n.) Such prior
insult
or
injury
as may be
supposed,
under the
circumstances,
to
create
hot
blood,
and to
excuse
an
assault
made in
retort
or
redress..
Generator
::
Generator
(n.) An
apparatus
in which vapor or gas is
formed
from a
liquid
or solid by means of heat or
chemical
process,
as a steam
boiler,
gas
retort,
or
vessel
for
generating
carbonic
acid gas, etc..
Retortion
::
Retortion
(v. t.) Act of
retorting
or
throwing
back;
reflection
or
turning
back.
Recriminatory
::
Recriminatory
(a.)
Having
the
quality
of
recrimination;
retorting
accusation;
recriminating.
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..
Retort
::
Retort
(n.) To
return,
as an
argument,
accusation,
censure,
or
incivility;
as, to
retort
the
charge
of
vanity..
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..
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..
Quirk
::
Quirk (n.) A smart
retort;
a
quibble;
a
shallow
conceit.
Quip
::
Quip (n.) A
smart,
sarcastic
turn or jest; a
taunt;
a
severe
retort;
a
gibe..
Return
::
Return
(v. t.) To
retort;
to throw back; as, to
return
the lie..
Pelican
::
Pelican
(n.) A
retort
or still
having
a
curved
tube or tubes
leading
back from the head to the body for
continuous
condensation
and
redistillation.
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