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verb

Distill v. t.

1.

To let fall or send down in drops. "Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain." "The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled."

2.

To obtain by distillation; to subject to a process of evaporation and subsequent condensation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. "Distilling odors on me."

3.

To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.

4.

To dissolve or melt. (R.) "Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled."

5.

To extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and refine; to present the essential elements of; of ideas or texts.

Distill v. i. (past & past part. distilled; pres. part. distilling) (Written also distil)

1.

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. "Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain."

2.

To flow gently, or in a small stream. "The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia."

3.

To practice the art of distillation.

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"Distill" Quotes from Famous Books

... when she finds it within the circle of the child's interests. She is willing, nay eager, to ransack the universe if only she may come upon elements of nutrition for her pupils. From every flower that blooms she gathers honey that she may distill it into the life of the child. She does not coddle the child; she ...

— The Vitalized School • Francis B. Pearson

... [Sidenote: Armed at poynt] Appeares before them, and with sollemne march Goes slow and stately: By them thrice he walkt, [Sidenote: stately by them; thrice] By their opprest and feare-surprized eyes, Within his Truncheons length; whilst they bestil'd [Sidenote: they distill'd[11]] Almost to Ielly with the Act of feare,[12] Stand dumbe and speake not to him. This to me In dreadfull[13] secrecie impart they did, And I with them the third Night kept the Watch, Whereas[14] they had deliuer'd both ...

— The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 • George MacDonald

... distill'd from Copper and Silver, which both did wholly loose their Metalline forms, and were melted into brittle lumps, with colours quite differing from their own; both apt to imbibe the moisture of the ...

— Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 • Various

... a handful of well-sifted wheat bran for four hours in white wine vinegar; add to it five yolks of eggs and two grains of musk, and distill the whole. Bottle it, keep carefully corked for fifteen days, when it will be fit for use. Apply over night, and wash in the morning ...

— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous

... ounces of fine seed Pearl in distill'd Vinegar, and when it's perfectly dissolved and all taken up, pour the Vinegar into a clean glasse Bason; then drop some few drops of oyl of Tartar upon it, and it will call down the Pearl into the powder; then pour the Vinegar clean off softly; then put to the Pearl ...

— Customs and Fashions in Old New England • Alice Morse Earle

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