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Webster 1913 Edition

Distill

Dis-till′

,
Verb.
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
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
,
Instill
.]
[Written also
distil
.]
1.
To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
Soft showers
distilled
, and suns grew warm in vain.
Pope.
2.
To flow gently, or in a small stream.
The Euphrates
distilleth
out of the mountains of Armenia.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3.
To practice the art of distillation.
Shak.

Dis-till′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To let fall or send down in drops.
Or o’er the glebe
distill
the kindly rain.
Pope.
The dew which on the tender grass
The evening had
distilled
.
Drayton.
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.”
Tennyson.
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
.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Distill

DISTILL

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to drop; a drop. Gr.]
1.
To drop; to fall in drops.
Soft showers distilld, 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 use a still; to practice distillation.

DISTILL

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To let fall in drops; to throw down in drops. The clouds distill water on the earth.
The dew, which on the tender grass the evening had distilled.
2.
To extract by heat; to separate spirit or essential oils from liquor by heat or evaporation, and convert that vapor into a liquid by condensation in a refrigeratory; to separate the volatile parts of a substance by heat; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine, or spirit form melasses.
3.
To extract spirit from, by evaporation and condensation; as, to distill cyder or melasses; to distill wine.
4.
To extract the pure part of a fluid; as, to distill water.
5.
To dissolve or melt. [Unusual.]
Swords by the lightnings subtle force distilled.

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