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Webster 1913 Edition

Circulatory

Cir′cu-la-to-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
circulatorius
pert. to a mountebank: cf. F.
circulatoire
.]
1.
Circular;
as, a
circulatory
letter
.
Johnson.
2.
Circulating, or going round.
T. Warton.
3.
(Anat.)
Subserving the purposes of circulation;
as,
circulatory
organs
; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation;
as,
circulatory
diseases
.

Cir′cu-la-to-ry

,
Noun.
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Circulatory

CIRCULATORY

,
Adj.
1.
Circular; as a circulatory letter.
2.
Circulating.

CIRCULATORY

,
Noun.
A chimical vessel, in which that which rises from the vessel on the fire is collected and cooled in another fixed upon it, and falls down again.

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