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• RETORT (Lat. retorquere, to twist or turn back)

RETORT (See also:

• LAT

Lat. retorquere, to twist or turn back)  , a word used in two distinct meanings: (1) a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp reply, See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to an See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument, statement or See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge; (2) a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel used in See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry and manufacture . The chemical See also:

• RETORT (Lat. retorquere, to twist or turn back)

retort is a See also:

• FLASK

flask-shaped or bulbous vessel made of See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, earthenware or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, with a See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck, See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent downwards, which leads to a See also:

• RECEIVER

receiver; such vessels are particularly used for See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation (q.v.) . The name is also given to the apparatus, varying in See also:

• SIZE

size and shape, used in the distinctive distillation of various substances, such as See also:

• COAL

coal, in the manufacture of See also:

• GAS

gas (q.v.) .