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.
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 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.
Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled.
--Addison.