单词 | fine-stiller |
释义 | † fine-stillern. Obsolete. A person who distils alcohol from sugar or treacle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distilling from sugar or treacle > person who fine-stiller1731 1731 P. Shaw Three Ess. Artific. Philos. ii. 65 The Foundation for it seems to rest in practically reducing the perplexed Business of the Malt-Stiller, to the simple Business of the Fine Stiller. 1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. (at cited word) That branch of the art which is employed on the distilling the spirit from treacle or other preparations or recrements of sugar, is called fine-stilling, by way of distinction from malt-stilling; and the person who exercises this part of the trade is called a fine-stiller. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXX. at Rob The fine-stillers are supplied with treacle from the sugar-baker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1731 |
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