单词 | stiller |
释义 | stillern.1 1. One who or something which makes still. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > making restful or still > that which stiller1608 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 27 The stiller of wars, and extinguisher of rebellions. 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations i. 19 The stiller of creation's groans. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 292/1 That is your true stiller of tempests. 2. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > stability > steadiness > making steady > that which steadiment1817 stiller1862 steadier1864 steady1899 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 422 Stiller, a piece of wood placed on the surface of water in a pail to steady it, when carried any distance. 1874 R. G. White Words & their Uses 213 Floating on the top of the water was a disc of wood a little less in diameter than the rim of the pail. ‘What's that, my lass?’ he asked. ‘That?’ (with surprise); ‘why, that's a stiller.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). stillern.2 One who distils; a distiller. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > one who or that which distils distiller1575 distillator1576 stiller1580 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distiller distiller1639 malt-stiller1731 malt distiller1753 gin spinner1778 distilleress1841 stiller1902 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Chapelier,..a stiller. 1615 in Issues of Exch. (1836) 328 To the stiller for his ordinary allowances in stilling of waters. 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. ii. 20 How far the fine Stiller may profit by it, well deserves his Attention. 1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 260/1 He was a poacher and a stiller of whisky of course. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11608n.21580 |
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