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verb

Distill v. t.

1.

To let fall or send down in drops. "Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain." "The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled."

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."

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."

5.

To extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and refine; to present the essential elements of; of ideas or texts.

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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"Distill" Quotes from Famous Books

... Courtesy; took up Zadig's general Release as soon as duely sign'd, and left the old Doatard all over Love, tho' somewhat diffident of his own Abilities. The Residue of the Day he spent in his Bagnio; he drank large enlivening Draughts of a Water distill'd from the Cinnamon of Ceilan, and the costly Spices of Tidor and Ternate, and waited with the utmost Impatience for the up-rising ...

— Zadig - Or, The Book of Fate • Voltaire

... were common to all statesmen in his age—though the Italians were so corrupt that it seemed hopeless to deal fairly with them—yet there was a radical taint in the soul of the man who could have the heart to cull these poisonous herbs of policy and distill their juices to a quintessence for the use of the prince to whom he was confiding the destinies of Italy.[1] Almost involuntarily we remember the oath which Arthur administered to his knights, when he bade them 'never to do outrage nor murder, and always to flee treason; also ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds

... to-day a word I dare not write Starts to my lips, as when a baffled knight Witholds a song which fain he would repeat; For lo! the sense thereof is passing sweet. And, like a cup that's full, my heart is fill'd With new desires and quiverings new-distill'd From old delights; and all my pulses throb As at the touch of ...

— A Lover's Litanies • Eric Mackay

... have much need of thee: Thou art no sabbath-drawler of old saws, Distill'd from some worm-canker'd homily; But spurr'd at heart with fiercest energy To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof, hating to hark The humming of the drowsy pulpit-drone Half God's good Sabbath, while the worn-out clerk ...

— The Parish Clerk (1907) • Peter Hampson Ditchfield

... to me that voice is mute! Tuneless kettle-drum and flute I but hear one liquid lyre— Kettle bubbling on the fire, Whizzing, fizzing, steaming out Music from its curved spot, Wak'ning visions by its song Of thy nut-brown streams, Souchong; Lumps of crystal saccharine— Liquid pearl distill'd from kine; Nymphs whose gentle voices mingle With the silver tea-spoons' jingle! Symposiarch I o'er all preside, The Pidding of the fragrant tide. Such the dreams that fancy brings, When ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 7, 1841 • Various

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