elaboratory
(ɪˈlæbərətərɪ)
[as if ad. L. *ēlabōrātōrium, f. ēlabōrāre to elaborate.]
1. A place where chemical operations are performed, or where medicines are compounded; = laboratory. Obs. exc. Hist.
| 1652 Evelyn St. France Misc. (1805) 81 Every great person..pretends to his elaboratory and library. 1676 Coles, Elaboratory..a (chymist's) workhouse or shop. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 258 Two Elaboratories; one for Chymical, and the other for Galenical Preparations. 1801 Med. Jrnl. V. 200 Dr. Pearson's Lectures..will recommence in the Elaboratory. 1873 M. Collins Sq. Silchester's I. v. 71 Parlour, bedroom, elaboratory, kitchen. |
2. A natural apparatus for elaborating any product of vital action. (Formerly transf. from 1.)
| 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 578 The Sanguification is performed in any one part of the Animal, as the peculiar Shop or Elaboratory of it. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. ix. 325 Obstruction of the passages, by which the Aliment passes to its elaboratories. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 86. 2/1 The Elaboratory of the Nervous Juice. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 11 The functions of leaves are to..act as elaboratories. |