Distil
[dis'til]
Definition
(v. t. & i.) See Distill.
Typist: Perry
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [Written also Distill.] Drop, drip, trickle, dribble, fall in drops.
v. a. [Written also Distill.] [1]. Drop, let fall in drops.[2]. Separate by evaporation, extract by heat.[3]. Extract spirit from.
Edited by Abraham
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Drop, emanate, drip, percolate
ANT:Absorb, condense, retain, suck, hold
Typist: Lucinda
Definition
v.i. to fall in drops; to flow gently: to use a still.—v.t. to let or cause to fall in drops: to convert a liquid into vapour by heat and then to condense it again: to extract the spirit or essential oil from anything by evaporation and condensation:—pr.p. distil′ling; pa.p. distilled′.—adj. Distil′lable.—ns. Distil′lāte the product of distillation; Distillā′tion the act of distilling.—adj. Distil′latory of or for distilling.—ns. Distil′ler; Distil′lery a place where distilling is carried on; Distil′ling the action of the verb distil distillation; Distil′ment (Shak.) that which is distilled.—Destructive distillation the collection of the volatile matters released when a substance is destroyed by heat in a close vessel (as coal in making gas); Fractional distillation the separation by distilling liquids having different boiling-points the heat being gradually increased and the receiver changed.
Editor: Monica
Examples
- The venerable Isaac is subjected to an alembic, which will distil from him all he holds dear, without any assistance from my requests or thy entreaty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They distil themselves with nitroglycerine, all the lot of them, out of very love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- After you can go no further, distil off all the solvents so the asphalt material has a tar-like consistency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is not, indeed, very common to distil for private use, though it is done sometimes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In tea and distilled spirits there has been a decrease, while the consumption of wines is the smallest of all and has varied but little. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Peppermint, spearmint and other oils used are triply distilled and absolutely free of all impurities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'll be a double distilled saint. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- During the process of filtration the chicle is also sterilized, and comes from the machine as pure as distilled water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1792 Murdoch erected a gas distilling apparatus, and lighted his house and offices by gas distributed through service pipes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In the annual report of the president of a distilling company I once saw the statement that business had increased in the dry states. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Turpentine, for example, is made by distilling the sap of pine trees. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Method of distilling liquids by incandescent conductor immersed in the liquid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Laboratory processes like distilling, filtering, crystallization, sublimation, became known to the Europeans through them. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Still another instance is seen in one of Edison's caveats, where he describes a method of distilling liquids by means of internally applied heat through electric conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tar then distils, with some portions of gas, consisting of hydrogen and ammonia. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Resin oil distils off easily. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typed by Billie