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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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Antistrophe
::
Antistrophe
(n.) The
retort
or
turning
of an
adversary's
plea
against
him.
Retort
::
Retort
(v. i.) To
return
an
argument
or a
charge;
to make a
severe
reply.
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..
Retort
::
Retort
(v. t.) The
return
of, or reply to, an
argument,
charge,
censure,
incivility,
taunt,
or
witticism;
a quick and witty or
severe
response..
Quip
::
Quip (n.) A
smart,
sarcastic
turn or jest; a
taunt;
a
severe
retort;
a
gibe..
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..
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..
Revie
::
Revie (v. i.) To make a
retort;
to bandy
words.
Synchronal
::
Synchoresis
(n.) A
concession
made for the
purpose
of
retorting
with
greater
force.
Retort
::
Retort
(n.) To bend or curve back; as, a
retorted
line..
Antistrophon
::
Antistrophon
(n.) An
argument
retorted
on an
opponent.
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..
Pretorture
::
Pretorture
(v. t.) To
torture
beforehand.
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..
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..
Retortion
::
Retortion
(v. t.) Act of
retorting
or
throwing
back;
reflection
or
turning
back.
Quirk
::
Quirk (n.) A smart
retort;
a
quibble;
a
shallow
conceit.
Receiver
::
Receiver
(n.) A
vessel
connected
with an
alembic,
a
retort,
or the like, for
receiving
and
condensing
the
product
of
distillation..
Retorsion
::
Retorsion
(n.) Same as
Retortion.
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..
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