The Collaborative International Dictionary
Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Distilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.] [Written also distil.]
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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain.
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To flow gently, or in a small stream.
The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia.
--Sir W. Raleigh. To practice the art of distillation.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. distillation vb. (present participle of distill English)
WordNet
v. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill]
extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: distill, extract]
undergo the process of distillation [syn: distill]
give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" [syn: distill]
[also: distilling, distilled]
See distil
Usage examples of "distilling".
The separation is effected by distilling the substance with solution of ferric sulphate, and collecting the vapour in a dilute solution of sulphurous acid or arsenite of soda.
When enough has been collected in one neighbourhood to load a casco or other province boat, it is despatched to their camarine at Manilla, where after being taken from the original pilone, if it has come from Pampanga, it is mixed up together, and placed in another one, with an opening at the conical part, which is placed over a jar into which the molasses distilling from it gradually drop, when the colour of the sugar from being brown becomes of a greyish tinge.
This, too, was a legacy from the first Amanda Brooke, the secret recipes for distilling fragrance and manufacturing toilet soaps and creams, recipes lovingly passed down from mother to daughter.
Thereafter, Neeka did much of the workaday compounding and distilling, leaving the master free to attend customers, instruct other apprentices and do the research and experiments which were his passion.
And I was distilling drops to defy the Sword and strengthen Shagpat from assault, yet bringest thou me from my labour by the Putrid Sea with thy accursed dream!
She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night.
Raj took a long swig of the arrak, date gin yellow with distilling byproducts and spiked with cayenne peppers, chile and gunpowder.
It has been shown that Horsemint can be grown on the lighter types of soil at comparatively little expense, and as the cost oftransportation for the finished product, Thymol, is very low, it would seem that the production of this crop might be profitable when grown in connexion with other oil-yielding plants for which a distilling apparatus is required.
The Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis) is the type species of the Japanese Menthol plant, but is not endowed with useful medicinal properties, great care indeed, as has been mentioned, having to be taken to eradicate it from Peppermint plantations, for if mingled with that valuable herb in distilling its strong odour affects the quality of the oil.
Lars spent hours at the micro-balances, weighing, measuring, dissolving, distilling, checking volumetric variations and molarity constants.
First we must mine the red stuff from the ground, then separate it atom by atom by distilling at high heat, and that is dangerous.