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(n): a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists

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6 minutes ago mollusque said:

Or this apparatus for the study of the fermentation of wine. A maze of crystal arches leading from athanor to athanor, from alembic to alembic.
--Umberto Eco, 1988, Foucault's Pendulum, p. 14

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