Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distilled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
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.


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