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A sign for the distilling head, the characteristic alchemical vessel.
Also known as: Alembic sign, Still head
The alembic is the domed still-head with a downward spout that condenses vapour and leads it away. More than any other object it is the visual shorthand for alchemy, and its name survives in the word 'alembicated'.
Denotes the alembic, the domed head fitted over a cucurbit in distillation, with a spout leading condensed vapour down into a receiver.
The name comes through Arabic al-anbiq from Greek ambix, one of many alchemical terms that reached European languages through Arabic transmission — as do alcohol, alkali and elixir.
A rounded dome shape with a curved spout descending from one side.
The alembic is the apparatus in which distillation is performed.