to bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.-to throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.-to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.-to return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.-the return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.-a vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. it is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.