单词 | outstill |
释义 | outstilln. South Asian. In India: a private still licensed by government and situated outside the limits of areas supplied with liquor from central distilleries. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distillery still-house1558 stillatory?1600 foundry1670 distil-house1682 distillery1759 stillery1762 still1845 outstill1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Aug. 1/2 The so-called outstill system which finds favour with the Bengal Government carries death and ruin into the sober and peaceful homes of frugal industry. 1897 J. A. Graham On Threshold Three Closed Lands iii. 41 This is one of the out-stills for whose abolition there was much agitation a few years ago. 1925 S. Banerjea Nation in Making ix. 93 The Outstill System..cheapened the sale of country liquor and reduced its price by nearly one half. 1944 G. E. Sen Voiceless India i. v. 199 The contract distillery system has now supplanted the outstill system in most parts of India. 1999 Indian Express (Nexis) 21 Dec. The residents of Dharuadiha village, located on the border of Sundargarh district, had prohibited the consumption of outstill liquor, as a result of which the trade of country liquor had suffered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884 |
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