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Definition of Distill
Distill 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.
