distillern.

/dɪˈstɪlə/

Etymology: < distil v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who or that which distils: see the verb.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > one who or that which distils

distiller1575

distillator1576

stiller1580

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 9 The distiller of waters.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 186 Thy vessell..must be such as the chymicall distillars do use.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 266 This tree..is a very great distiller of water, which drops out of the leaves of it.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. xi. 267 He was a learned distiller of simples, and a profound chemist.

b. spec. One who extracts alcoholic spirit by distillation.The Distillers' Company (of London) was incorporated in 1638.

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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distiller

distiller1639

malt-stiller1731

malt distiller1753

gin spinner1778

distilleress1841

stiller1902

1639 (title) The Distiller of London, compiled and set forth for the sole use of the company of Distillers of London.

1639 Distiller of London Pref. 10 Our duty requires us all (that are Distillers by profession and Trade) to acknowledge [etc.].

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xv. 237/1 Even the Distillers of Aqua Vitæ, and Vinegar-makers, did engross it up.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. v. 105 The chief use of yest is for raising bread, and exciting fermentation in malt infusions for brewers, distillers, and vinegar makers.

1846 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues xviii. 182 A distiller's crane or syphon.

c. figurative.

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a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 67 That late Italian Distiller and Sublimer of old definitions.

1713 A. Pope in Guardian 26 June 1/2 A great Distiller of the Maxims of Tacitus.

1895 Daily News 30 Dec. 6/3 The historic expression is the distilled essence of the ponderous sentence. Who was the distiller?

2. An apparatus for the distillation of salt water at sea; more fully called distilling apparatus or distilling condenser.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun]

stillatoryc1386

distillatorya1475

still1562

stillery1595

distil1822

distiller1885

1885 R. Sennett Marine Steam Engine (ed. 2) 567 In some ships of the Royal Navy other kinds of distillers have been fitted.

1895 Times 1 Feb. 12/6 There are also in the engine-rooms two main-feed pumps, two evaporators and distillers, four bilge and fire engines.

Derivatives

diˈstilleress n. a female distiller.

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