RETORT

n. Re-to2rt'. From retorquere, to bend back. Fr., cornue. Ger., Kolben. A ve el used to contain a liquid during the proce of its distillation. The common form consists of a bulb with a long neck, fa, 48.] Tnrbulated r. A r. with a stoppered tube on the shoulder of the bulb, [a, 48.] [s. 395]