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Definition of retort
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Retort
(v. i.) To
return
an
argument
or a
charge;
to make a
severe
reply.
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Tubulure
::
Tubulure
(n.) A short
tubular
opening
at the top of a
retort,
or at the top or side of a
bottle;
a
tubulation..
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..
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..
Lute
::
Lute (n.) A
cement
of clay or other
tenacious
infusible
substance
for
sealing
joints
in
apparatus,
or the
mouths
of
vessels
or
tubes,
or for
coating
the
bodies
of
retorts,
etc., when
exposed
to heat; --
called
also
luting..
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..
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..
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..
Bombolo
::
Bombolo
(n.) A thin
spheroidal
glass
retort
or
flask,
used in the
sublimation
of
camphor..
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..
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..
Galley
::
Galley
(n.) An
oblong
oven or
muffle
with a
battery
of
retorts;
a
gallery
furnace.
Retorted
::
Retorted
(imp. & p. p.) of
Retor.
Retorting
::
Retorting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Retor.
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..
Synchronal
::
Synchoresis
(n.) A
concession
made for the
purpose
of
retorting
with
greater
force.
Return
::
Return
(v. t.) To
retort;
to throw back; as, to
return
the lie..
Retorsion
::
Retorsion
(n.) Same as
Retortion.
Receiver
::
Receiver
(n.) A
vessel
connected
with an
alembic,
a
retort,
or the like, for
receiving
and
condensing
the
product
of
distillation..
Retortion
::
Retortion
(v. t.) Act of
retorting
or
throwing
back;
reflection
or
turning
back.
Retortive
::
Retortive
(a.)
Containing
retort.
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