alembic ( synonym found)
Definition of alembic:

(n) : an early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation
"1973: We of all magical precipitates out of Europe's groaning, clouded alembic, we are the thinnest, the most dangerous, the handiest to secular uses -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow"
Definition of alembic:

(n) : an early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation
"1973: We of all magical precipitates out of Europe's groaning, clouded alembic, we are the thinnest, the most dangerous, the handiest to secular uses -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow"
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