Lexicographical Neighbors of Limbecks
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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