distildistillv.

/dɪˈstɪl/

Forms: Inflect. distilled, distilling. Forms: Middle English distille, Middle English–1500s destylle, dystyll, 1500s distyll, 1500s–1600s destil(l, Middle English– distill, 1600s– distil.

Etymology: < Latin distillāre, more correctly dēstillāre to drip or trickle down, drop, distil, < de- prefix 1a + stillāre to drop: compare French distiller (14th cent. in Littré) = Provençal distillar, Spanish destilar, Italian distillare.With sense 7 compare Shakespeare Ham. i. ii. 204 Quartos distilled, distil'd, Folio bestil'd.

a. intransitive. To trickle down or fall in minute drops, as rain, tears; to issue forth in drops or in a fine moisture; to exude.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > in small quantity

sickerc897

stilla1300

bleedc1305

distilc1400

trail1470

trinkle1513

trickle1526

gozle1650

run1786

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > minute

distilc1400

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 26 Þe liquour þat distilles oute of þe braunches.

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi Her teares on her chekes twayne Full pyteously gan to destylle.

?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. D The sweate distyllyng worthe droppes habundant.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUviii [He] hath caused holy oyle to distyll out of the bones of his sayntes.

1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 7 Mountaines; from whence distill innumerable sweet and pleasant springs.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 272 Fetch water out of the Seas..to distill in silver showers upon the face of the whole Earth.

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 3 Soft Show'rs distill'd, and Suns grew warm in vain.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. x. 59 A thousand Tears distilled from the lovely Eyes of Fanny.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 113 The wine which from yon wounded palm..Fills yonder gourd, as slowly it distills.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 36 Water distilled in drops over the rocks.

b. To pass or flow gently. Chiefly figurative.

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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > be spoken or flow (of words)

move1508

to pass the lips (also mouth)1526

come1582

roll1599

distil1610

to come out1653

mouth1762

utter1792

on-flow1863

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Dan. ix. 11 The malediction hathe distilled upon us..because we have sinned.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxxii. 2 My speach shall distill as the deaw.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 332 Words, sweet as Honey, from his Lips distill'd.

1833 R. Grant in E. Bickersteth Christian Psalmody 16 Thy bountiful care..sweetly distils—in the dew and the rain.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xxi. 281 The wisdom..will distil in honeyed sweetness.

†c. To melt into, or become dissolved in, tears.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > burst or dissolve into tears

to burst a-weepc1275

distilc1374

still1412

to burst (out, forth) on weeping1564

dissolve1608

to melt to (also in, into) tears1609

to burst into tears1717

burst a-crying1825

blurt1830

to burst out crying1863

to break into weeping1866

to turn the tap(s) on1883

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 491 (519) This Troylus in teris gan distille.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvii^v With that I gan in teeres to distylle.

d. To drip or be wet with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > be dripping

dropa1382

drip1508

distil1716

dripple1822

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 56 Till their arm'd Jaws distill with Foam and Gore.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. 72 See his Jaws distil with smoaking Gore.

1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall xiii. 166 Till his face..distils with perspiration.

2. transitive. To let fall or give forth in minute drops, or in a vapour which condenses into drops.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > emit [verb (transitive)] > in drops > very fine or minute

distilc1400

degout?1504

drizzle1543

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > emit by exudation

sweat?c1225

oozea1398

distilc1400

constilc1430

degout?1504

stilla1530

spew1570

filter1582

deplore1601

evaporate1611

weep1634

collachrymate1657

elacrymate1657

exudate1671

exude17..

exstill1819

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 265 Boile hem in a double vessel, & distille it in his eere flaisch [= tepidus].

1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. (Arb.) ix. 72 The dewe of Joye..Dystylled is nowe from the rose so red.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii. f. lxxxvi^v Hir Eyen dystyllyd dropes of Blode.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 272 If by way of embrochation it be distilled from aloft vpon the head in a more thin and liquid substance.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 56 His dewie locks distill'd Ambrosia.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World 250 Trees do destil Water apace when Clouds or Mists hang about them.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 37 Fat Amber let the Tamarisk distil.

1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxvii. 242 I distilled a few Drops of Bals. Viride into it [the Wound].

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 53 The dew is distilled more abundantly upon the grass than upon the gravel.

3. transferred and figurative. To give forth or impart in minute quantities; to infuse; †to instil.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse

sheda1325

bedew1340

distil1393

informa1398

transfusec1425

pourc1451

infudea1500

infuse1526

tan1530

colour1536

suck1549

imbrue1565

dewc1572

inspire1576

steep1603

infect1605

imbreathe1609

impregn1652

transfund1670

influence1691

bleed1866

render1885

taste1904

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 3 A gentil herte his tonge stilleth, That it malice none distilleth Butt preyse.

c1480 Crt. of Love 23 Thy sugar droppes sweet of Helicon Distil in me, thou gentle Muse, I pray.

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 69^v They shoulde haue distilled into their youth doctrines and rules of direction.

1630 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 253 Solomon..had this truth..early distilled into him by both his parents.

1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker in Hooker's Wks. (1888) I. 36 There was distilled into the minds of the common people such..venomous and turbulent principles.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. xxvii. 102 Distilling healing virtue into bitter waters.

a1881 D. G. Rossetti Rose Mary iii. 13 She felt the slackening frost distil Through her blood the last ooze dull and chill.

a. To subject to the process of distillation; to vaporize a substance by means of heat, and then condense the vapour by exposing it to cold, so as to obtain the substance or one of its constituents in a state of concentration or purity. Primarily said of a liquid, the vapour of which when condensed is again deposited in minute drops of pure liquid; but extended also to the volatilizing of solids, the products of which may be gaseous. See distillation n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > subject to distillation

distil1398

limbeck1598

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to distillation

distil1398

stilla1400

rectify?a1425

circulate1471

redistil1600

elixirate1605

to still forth1605

to still awaya1631

cohobate1651

to draw over1654

elixira1658

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. vii. 90 Yf bloode be sodde and dystylled, therof we maye make talowe and grees.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii. vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 140 The Water..Looke thou dystyll.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 192 The water of the hearbe steeped in white Wine, and destilled therewithal.

1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 339 To distill a sufficient quantity of water.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 80 Water..when distilled, is every-where of the same specific gravity.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 157 Hill's process consists in distilling peat in the same way as wood.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 73 If it is required to distil a liquid, the liquid is evaporated in a boiler, and the vapour conducted to the condenser, where it becomes sufficiently cooled to be deposited in drops..Fresh water is thus being constantly distilled from the briny ocean.

b. To extract the essence of (a plant, etc.) by distillation; to obtain an extract of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > extract essence

distilc1400

still1584

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 51 Some destyllen Clowes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 76 Earthlyer happy is the rose distild, Then that, which, withering on the virgin thorne, Growes, liues, and dies, in single blessednesse.

1633 G. Herbert Praise in Temple iv An herb destill'd, and drunk.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 51. ⁋4 The ladies..begged me to excuse some large sieves of leaves and flowers..for they intended to distill them.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 433 Of the hellish herbs..that she hath distilled for us.

c. To transform or convert (into something) by distillation. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]

wendOE

forshapeOE

workOE

awendOE

makec1175

turna1200

forwenda1325

change1340

shape1362

transmewc1374

transposec1380

puta1382

convertc1384

exchangea1400

remue?a1400

makea1425

reduce?a1425

removec1425

resolvea1450

transvertc1450

overchangec1480

mew1512

transmutea1513

wring1524

reduct1548

transform1556

innovate1561

metamorphose1576

transume1579

metamorphize1587

transmove1590

transchangea1599

transfashion1601

deflect1613

fordo1624

entail1628

transmutate1632

distila1637

to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637

transqualify1652

unconvert1654

simulate1658

spend1668

transverse1687

hocus-pocus1774

mutate1796

fancy1801

to change around1871

metamorphosize1888

catalyse1944

morph1996

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [verb (transitive)] > convert into alcohol by distilling

distil1792

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vi. 12 in Wks. (1640) III Two soules Distilled into kisses, through our lips Doe make one spirit of love.

1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 205 Two or three vessels in a year would..bring home molasses to be distilled into rum.

1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 50 Draughts of..wine which are to be distilled into airy breath to tickle vain auditors.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 176 All he distils into sidereal wine.

d. absol. To perform distillation.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 13 Hast thou not learn'd me how To make Perfumes? Distill? Preserue?

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 403 Separate the salt, and distil at a gentle heat.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 18 If we substitute 6 parts of alcohol for the 4 parts of water and distil, we obtain formic ether.

e. figurative. To extract the quintessence of; to concentrate, purify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)]

mereeOE

spurge1303

fine1340

sendre1340

purea1350

purgec1350

purifya1398

depurea1400

clarifyc1430

expurge1483

defecatec1487

subtiliate1551

refine?1572

neatify1581

distil1599

sublimate1601

sweeten1601

depurate1620

infresh1635

lustre1645

lustrate1653

freshen1710

chasten1715

epurate1799

enchastena1806

dispollute1862

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 142 This man is very charie over that one remaining, and distilleth all other devises rather than set finger to that string.

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xii. sig. G6^v Time hath distild our bloods.

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. x. 267 Men who are distilled into the House of Commons, and then redistilled into the Ministry.

1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 830 We want a removable Secretary for school works, not a committee, which is only the public meeting over again, a little distilled.

f. To drive (a volatile constituent) off or out by distillation. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1651 J. French Art Distillation iv. 105 Distill off the Water till no more will distill.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 225 If nitric acid be distilled from off this matter, you will obtain oxalic acid.

1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. i. 13 To make a Wycherley you must distil all the poetry out of a Fletcher.

1883 T. P. Teale Econ. Coal 18 The coal..as the volatile parts are distilled out, becomes a mass of red coke.

a. To obtain, extract, produce, or make, by distillation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [verb (transitive)]

stilla1400

distilc1400

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 26 Þe licour þat es distilled of þam þai sell in steed of bawme.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. B5 Strawberrie-water..rudely distilled, betwixt two platters, and not in a limbeck.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 150 They haue Arack or Vsquebagh, distilled from Dates or Rice.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 165 A great quantity of whiskey is distilled.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. i. 43 Sir James Ware supposes that ardent spirit was distilled in Ireland earlier than in England.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxix. sig. H^v What potions haue I drunke of Siren tears, Distil'd from Lymbecks foule as hell within.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 344 A man distill'd Out of our vertues.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 5 There is some soule of goodnesse in things euill, Would men obseruingly distill it out.

1793 Chron. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 177 Books and papers were seized, that treason might be distilled out of them.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Sonn. to J. M. K. 6 Old saws, Distill'd from some worm-canker'd homily.

1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xxii. 523 The essence which the wisest of the Romans had distilled from the records of Greek philosophy.

6. intransitive. To become vaporized and then condensed into liquid; to undergo distillation; to drop, pass, or condense from the still. to distil over: to pass over in the form of vapour which again condenses into a liquid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo distillation

distilc1400

alcoholizate1617

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 195 Make a fier aboute þe pott þat is aboue þe erþe & þere wole distille oile into þe pott þat is bineþe.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii. vi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 140 Than Oyle and Water wyth Water shall dystyll.

1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 35 The oyle which first distils..must be kept a part.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 265 The acid..distills unaltered at 248° Fahrenheit.

1853 W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. (ed. 3) 104 At this strength the acid distils over unchanged.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 73 The liquid..distils over in a state of purity.

figurative.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 13 The outward Peace of the Church, Distilleth into Peace of Conscience.

†7. transitive. To melt, dissolve (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > make liquid [verb (transitive)]

resolvea1398

flow1413

distilc1470

flux1477

liquefy1547

cut1578

uncrud1598

illiquefact1599

resolve1604

infuse1607

egelidate1609

eliquate1621

liquidate1656

diffude1657

liquate1669

colliquate1680

solve1794

liquidize1837

fluidify1849

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Editor's Pref. My lord, distilde by kynde nature Thrugh besy age..To such waykenesse he myght no more endure, Bot feel so in his grave.

1605 J. Sylvester Dialog upon Troubles x Melt thee, distill thee, turne to wax or snow.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 361 Swords by the Light'ning's subtile Force distill'd, And the cold Sheath with running Metal fill'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	distil
释义	† distildistilln. Etymology: < distil v. Obsolete. A vessel used in distillation; a still. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] stillatoryc1386 distillatorya1475 still1562 stillery1595 distil1822 distiller1885 1822 T. Bewick Mem. 74 Jars, retorts and distills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). distildistillv. /dɪˈstɪl/ Forms: Inflect. distilled, distilling. Forms: Middle English distille, Middle English–1500s destylle, dystyll, 1500s distyll, 1500s–1600s destil(l, Middle English– distill, 1600s– distil. Etymology: < Latin distillāre, more correctly dēstillāre to drip or trickle down, drop, distil, < de- prefix 1a + stillāre to drop: compare French distiller (14th cent. in Littré) = Provençal distillar, Spanish destilar, Italian distillare.With sense 7 compare Shakespeare Ham. i. ii. 204 Quartos distilled, distil'd, Folio bestil'd. 1. a. intransitive. To trickle down or fall in minute drops, as rain, tears; to issue forth in drops or in a fine moisture; to exude. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > in small quantity sickerc897 stilla1300 bleedc1305 distilc1400 trail1470 trinkle1513 trickle1526 gozle1650 run1786 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > minute distilc1400 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 26 Þe liquour þat distilles oute of þe braunches. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi Her teares on her chekes twayne Full pyteously gan to destylle. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. D The sweate distyllyng worthe droppes habundant. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUviii [He] hath caused holy oyle to distyll out of the bones of his sayntes. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 7 Mountaines; from whence distill innumerable sweet and pleasant springs. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 272 Fetch water out of the Seas..to distill in silver showers upon the face of the whole Earth. 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 3 Soft Show'rs distill'd, and Suns grew warm in vain. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. x. 59 A thousand Tears distilled from the lovely Eyes of Fanny. View more context for this quotation 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 113 The wine which from yon wounded palm..Fills yonder gourd, as slowly it distills. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 36 Water distilled in drops over the rocks. b. To pass or flow gently. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > be spoken or flow (of words) move1508 to pass the lips (also mouth)1526 come1582 roll1599 distil1610 to come out1653 mouth1762 utter1792 on-flow1863 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Dan. ix. 11 The malediction hathe distilled upon us..because we have sinned. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxxii. 2 My speach shall distill as the deaw. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 332 Words, sweet as Honey, from his Lips distill'd. 1833 R. Grant in E. Bickersteth Christian Psalmody 16 Thy bountiful care..sweetly distils—in the dew and the rain. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xxi. 281 The wisdom..will distil in honeyed sweetness. †c. To melt into, or become dissolved in, tears. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > burst or dissolve into tears to burst a-weepc1275 distilc1374 still1412 to burst (out, forth) on weeping1564 dissolve1608 to melt to (also in, into) tears1609 to burst into tears1717 burst a-crying1825 blurt1830 to burst out crying1863 to break into weeping1866 to turn the tap(s) on1883 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 491 (519) This Troylus in teris gan distille. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvii^v With that I gan in teeres to distylle. d. To drip or be wet with. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > be dripping dropa1382 drip1508 distil1716 dripple1822 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 56 Till their arm'd Jaws distill with Foam and Gore. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. 72 See his Jaws distil with smoaking Gore. 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall xiii. 166 Till his face..distils with perspiration. 2. transitive. To let fall or give forth in minute drops, or in a vapour which condenses into drops. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > emit [verb (transitive)] > in drops > very fine or minute distilc1400 degout?1504 drizzle1543 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > emit by exudation sweat?c1225 oozea1398 distilc1400 constilc1430 degout?1504 stilla1530 spew1570 filter1582 deplore1601 evaporate1611 weep1634 collachrymate1657 elacrymate1657 exudate1671 exude17.. exstill1819 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 265 Boile hem in a double vessel, & distille it in his eere flaisch [= tepidus]. 1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. (Arb.) ix. 72 The dewe of Joye..Dystylled is nowe from the rose so red. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii. f. lxxxvi^v Hir Eyen dystyllyd dropes of Blode. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 272 If by way of embrochation it be distilled from aloft vpon the head in a more thin and liquid substance. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 56 His dewie locks distill'd Ambrosia. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World 250 Trees do destil Water apace when Clouds or Mists hang about them. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 37 Fat Amber let the Tamarisk distil. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxvii. 242 I distilled a few Drops of Bals. Viride into it [the Wound]. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 53 The dew is distilled more abundantly upon the grass than upon the gravel. 3. transferred and figurative. To give forth or impart in minute quantities; to infuse; †to instil. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse sheda1325 bedew1340 distil1393 informa1398 transfusec1425 pourc1451 infudea1500 infuse1526 tan1530 colour1536 suck1549 imbrue1565 dewc1572 inspire1576 steep1603 infect1605 imbreathe1609 impregn1652 transfund1670 influence1691 bleed1866 render1885 taste1904 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 3 A gentil herte his tonge stilleth, That it malice none distilleth Butt preyse. c1480 Crt. of Love 23 Thy sugar droppes sweet of Helicon Distil in me, thou gentle Muse, I pray. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 69^v They shoulde haue distilled into their youth doctrines and rules of direction. 1630 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 253 Solomon..had this truth..early distilled into him by both his parents. 1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker in Hooker's Wks. (1888) I. 36 There was distilled into the minds of the common people such..venomous and turbulent principles. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. xxvii. 102 Distilling healing virtue into bitter waters. a1881 D. G. Rossetti Rose Mary iii. 13 She felt the slackening frost distil Through her blood the last ooze dull and chill. 4. a. To subject to the process of distillation; to vaporize a substance by means of heat, and then condense the vapour by exposing it to cold, so as to obtain the substance or one of its constituents in a state of concentration or purity. Primarily said of a liquid, the vapour of which when condensed is again deposited in minute drops of pure liquid; but extended also to the volatilizing of solids, the products of which may be gaseous. See distillation n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > subject to distillation distil1398 limbeck1598 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to distillation distil1398 stilla1400 rectify?a1425 circulate1471 redistil1600 elixirate1605 to still forth1605 to still awaya1631 cohobate1651 to draw over1654 elixira1658 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. vii. 90 Yf bloode be sodde and dystylled, therof we maye make talowe and grees. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii. vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 140 The Water..Looke thou dystyll. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 192 The water of the hearbe steeped in white Wine, and destilled therewithal. 1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 339 To distill a sufficient quantity of water. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 80 Water..when distilled, is every-where of the same specific gravity. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 157 Hill's process consists in distilling peat in the same way as wood. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 73 If it is required to distil a liquid, the liquid is evaporated in a boiler, and the vapour conducted to the condenser, where it becomes sufficiently cooled to be deposited in drops..Fresh water is thus being constantly distilled from the briny ocean. b. To extract the essence of (a plant, etc.) by distillation; to obtain an extract of. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > extract essence distilc1400 still1584 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 51 Some destyllen Clowes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 76 Earthlyer happy is the rose distild, Then that, which, withering on the virgin thorne, Growes, liues, and dies, in single blessednesse. View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Praise in Temple iv An herb destill'd, and drunk. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 51. ⁋4 The ladies..begged me to excuse some large sieves of leaves and flowers..for they intended to distill them. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 433 Of the hellish herbs..that she hath distilled for us. c. To transform or convert (into something) by distillation. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] wendOE forshapeOE workOE awendOE makec1175 turna1200 forwenda1325 change1340 shape1362 transmewc1374 transposec1380 puta1382 convertc1384 exchangea1400 remue?a1400 makea1425 reduce?a1425 removec1425 resolvea1450 transvertc1450 overchangec1480 mew1512 transmutea1513 wring1524 reduct1548 transform1556 innovate1561 metamorphose1576 transume1579 metamorphize1587 transmove1590 transchangea1599 transfashion1601 deflect1613 fordo1624 entail1628 transmutate1632 distila1637 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 transqualify1652 unconvert1654 simulate1658 spend1668 transverse1687 hocus-pocus1774 mutate1796 fancy1801 to change around1871 metamorphosize1888 catalyse1944 morph1996 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [verb (transitive)] > convert into alcohol by distilling distil1792 a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vi. 12 in Wks. (1640) III Two soules Distilled into kisses, through our lips Doe make one spirit of love. View more context for this quotation 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 205 Two or three vessels in a year would..bring home molasses to be distilled into rum. 1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 50 Draughts of..wine which are to be distilled into airy breath to tickle vain auditors. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 176 All he distils into sidereal wine. d. absol. To perform distillation. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 13 Hast thou not learn'd me how To make Perfumes? Distill? Preserue? View more context for this quotation 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 403 Separate the salt, and distil at a gentle heat. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 18 If we substitute 6 parts of alcohol for the 4 parts of water and distil, we obtain formic ether. e. figurative. To extract the quintessence of; to concentrate, purify. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)] mereeOE spurge1303 fine1340 sendre1340 purea1350 purgec1350 purifya1398 depurea1400 clarifyc1430 expurge1483 defecatec1487 subtiliate1551 refine?1572 neatify1581 distil1599 sublimate1601 sweeten1601 depurate1620 infresh1635 lustre1645 lustrate1653 freshen1710 chasten1715 epurate1799 enchastena1806 dispollute1862 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 142 This man is very charie over that one remaining, and distilleth all other devises rather than set finger to that string. 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xii. sig. G6^v Time hath distild our bloods. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. x. 267 Men who are distilled into the House of Commons, and then redistilled into the Ministry. 1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 830 We want a removable Secretary for school works, not a committee, which is only the public meeting over again, a little distilled. f. To drive (a volatile constituent) off or out by distillation. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1651 J. French Art Distillation iv. 105 Distill off the Water till no more will distill. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 225 If nitric acid be distilled from off this matter, you will obtain oxalic acid. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. i. 13 To make a Wycherley you must distil all the poetry out of a Fletcher. 1883 T. P. Teale Econ. Coal 18 The coal..as the volatile parts are distilled out, becomes a mass of red coke. 5. a. To obtain, extract, produce, or make, by distillation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [verb (transitive)] stilla1400 distilc1400 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vii. 26 Þe licour þat es distilled of þam þai sell in steed of bawme. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. B5 Strawberrie-water..rudely distilled, betwixt two platters, and not in a limbeck. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 150 They haue Arack or Vsquebagh, distilled from Dates or Rice. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 165 A great quantity of whiskey is distilled. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. i. 43 Sir James Ware supposes that ardent spirit was distilled in Ireland earlier than in England. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxix. sig. H^v What potions haue I drunke of Siren tears, Distil'd from Lymbecks foule as hell within. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 344 A man distill'd Out of our vertues. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 5 There is some soule of goodnesse in things euill, Would men obseruingly distill it out. View more context for this quotation 1793 Chron. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 177 Books and papers were seized, that treason might be distilled out of them. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Sonn. to J. M. K. 6 Old saws, Distill'd from some worm-canker'd homily. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xxii. 523 The essence which the wisest of the Romans had distilled from the records of Greek philosophy. 6. intransitive. To become vaporized and then condensed into liquid; to undergo distillation; to drop, pass, or condense from the still. to distil over: to pass over in the form of vapour which again condenses into a liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo distillation distilc1400 alcoholizate1617 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 195 Make a fier aboute þe pott þat is aboue þe erþe & þere wole distille oile into þe pott þat is bineþe. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii. vi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 140 Than Oyle and Water wyth Water shall dystyll. 1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 35 The oyle which first distils..must be kept a part. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 265 The acid..distills unaltered at 248° Fahrenheit. 1853 W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. (ed. 3) 104 At this strength the acid distils over unchanged. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 73 The liquid..distils over in a state of purity. figurative.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 13 The outward Peace of the Church, Distilleth into Peace of Conscience. †7. transitive. To melt, dissolve (literal and figurative). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > make liquid [verb (transitive)] resolvea1398 flow1413 distilc1470 flux1477 liquefy1547 cut1578 uncrud1598 illiquefact1599 resolve1604 infuse1607 egelidate1609 eliquate1621 liquidate1656 diffude1657 liquate1669 colliquate1680 solve1794 liquidize1837 fluidify1849 c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Editor's Pref. My lord, distilde by kynde nature Thrugh besy age..To such waykenesse he myght no more endure, Bot feel so in his grave. 1605 J. Sylvester Dialog upon Troubles x Melt thee, distill thee, turne to wax or snow. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 361 Swords by the Light'ning's subtile Force distill'd, And the cold Sheath with running Metal fill'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1822v.c1374
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† distildistilln.

distildistillv.