Definition of Limbecks

1. limbeck [n] - See also: limbeck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limbecks

limb-kinetic apraxia
limb bud
limb from limb
limb lead
limb myokymia
limb of helix
limba
limbal
limbal ring
limbas
limbat
limbate
limbec
limbeck
limbecks (current term)
limbecs
limbed
limber
limber as a dishrag
limber pine
limber up
limbered
limberer
limberest
limbering
limberjack
limberjacks
limberly
limberneck

Literary usage of Limbecks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Azure, on a chevron or, between three antique limbecks argent, as many roses gules, seeded of the second, barbed, slipped, and leaved proper—The PEWTERERS' ..."

2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"... on a chev. or betw. three limbecks arg. as man; roses gu. stalked and leaved vert seeded gold. ..."

3. Shakespeare's Sonnets Reconsidered: And in Part Rearranged with Introductory by William Shakespeare (1899)
"WHAT potions have I drank of Siren tears, Distill'd from limbecks foal as hell within, ... limbecks," ie alembics; an alembic is the cap of a still; ..."

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