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Distil   /dɪstˈɪl/   Listen
verb
Distil  v. t. & v. i.  See Distill.


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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"Distil" Quotes from Famous Books



... gods is that they have been manufactures by the proletariat for the use of the aristocracy. They act accordingly; that is, they distil the morality of their creators which I consider a noxious emanation. The classic gods were different. They were invented by intellectualists who felt themselves capable of maintaining a kind of comradeship with their deities. Men ...
— South Wind • Norman Douglas
... a Number of Experiments of his having distilled Sea Water in different Manners, as recommended by others; and concludes, that the best Way of getting fresh Water from Salt, is to distil the Sea Water by itself, without any Mixture; and he proposes having a Still Head to the Coppers or Iron Pots in which the Meat is dressed aboard a Ship. Ibid. ...
— An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany • Donald Monro
... and to love make us feel the presence of that rare thing, genius. Hers is a wonderful instance of the way in which genius can dispense with experience; she sees more by pure intuition than others distil from the serried facts of an eventful life. Perhaps, in one of her own phrases, she is "too intrinsic for renown," but she has appealed strongly to a surprisingly large band of readers in the United States, and it seems to me will always hold her audience. Those who admit Miss Dickinson's ...
— The Land of Contrasts - A Briton's View of His American Kin • James Fullarton Muirhead
... particular as to the fly, with the one exception of the black gnat, which they would not as much as look at. Replace it with a governor or coachman, and they came with a heartfelt eagerness most charming to behold. As day declined they rose short, and when the vapours began to distil from the ...
— Lines in Pleasant Places - Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler • William Senior
... the mountain, or opposite side from that on which the grand trunk-road runs. After following the latter for a few miles to the west, we took a path through beautifully wooded plains, with scattered trees of the Mahowa (Bassia latifolia), resembling good oaks: the natives distil a kind of arrack from its fleshy flowers, which are also eaten raw. The seeds, too, yield a concrete oil, by expression, which is used for lamps and ...
— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker


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