King James Bible Dictionary

DISTILL, verb intransitive [Latin , to drop; a drop. Gr.]

1. To drop; to fall in drops.

Soft showers distilld, 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 use a still; to practice distillation.

DISTILL, verb transitive

1. To let fall in drops; to throw down in drops. The clouds distill water on the earth.

The dew, which on the tender grass the evening had distilled.

2. To extract by heat; to separate spirit or essential oils from liquor by heat or evaporation, and convert that vapor into a liquid by condensation in a refrigeratory; to separate the volatile parts of a substance by heat; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine, or spirit form melasses.

3. To extract spirit from, by evaporation and condensation; as, to distill cyder or melasses; to distill wine.

4. To extract the pure part of a fluid; as, to distill water.

5. To dissolve or melt. [Unusual.]

Swords by the lightnings subtle force distilled.

DISTILLABLE, adjective That may be distilled; fit for distillation.

DISTILLATION, noun

1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring or throwing down in drops.

2. The vaporization and subsequent condensation of a liquid by means of an alembic, or still and refrigeratory, or of a retort and receiver; the operation of extracting spirit from a substance by evaporation and condensation; rectification.

3. The substance extracted by distilling.

4. That which falls in drops.

DISTILLATORY, adjective Belonging to distillation; used for distilling; as distillatory vessels.

DISTILLED, participle passive Let fall or thrown down inn drops; subjected to the process of distillation; extracted by evaporation.

DISTILLER, noun One who distills; one whose occupation is to extract spirit by evaporation and condensation.

DISTILLERY, noun

1. The act or art of distilling.

2. The building and works where distilling is carried on.

DISTILLING, participle present tense Dropping; letting fall in drops; extracting by distillation.

DISTILLMENT, noun That which is drawn by distillation.