Obs. [ad. med.L. sublīmātōrium, neut. of sublīmātōrius (see next). Cf. F. sublimatoire.] A vessel used for sublimation, a subliming-pot.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Can. Yeom. T., Preamb. 74. Oure … descensories, Violes, crosletz, and sublymatories, Cucurbites, and Alambikes eek.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., XIV. i. 354. Sublimatories, alembecks, viols, [etc.].
1605. Timme, Quersit., II. v. 125. Smal long lymbeckes in forme of a sublimatorie.
1662. R. Mathew, Unl. Alch., 177. Grind them wel together, put them into a Sublimatory of good glass.
1694. Salmon, Bate’s Dispens. (1713), 484/2. The Volatile Sal-Armoniack is only the Volatile parts sublimed alone … the Acid … remaining behind at bottom of the Sublimatory.
