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Limbec vs Limbeck - What's the difference?

limbec | limbeck |

As nouns the difference between limbec and limbeck

is that limbec is an alembic; a still while limbeck is (obsolete) an alembic.

As a verb limbec

is (obsolete|transitive) to distill.

limbec

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To distill.
    • (Dryden)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alembic; a still.
    • (Spenser)
    (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    limbeck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An alembic.
  • *, II.i.1:
  • *:some of our modern chemists by their strange limbecks , by their spells, philosopher's stones and charms.