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distill (third-person singular simple present distills, present participle distilling, simple past and past participle distilled)
- US standard spelling of distil.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 83, column 2:There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly diſtill it out.
, [John] Gay, “Book III. Of Walking the Streets by Night.”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: Bernard Lintott, , →OCLC, page 56:So vvhen tvvo Boars, in vvild Ytene bred, / Or on VVeſtphalia’s fatt’ning Cheſt-nuts fed, / […] / In the black Flood they vvallovv o’er and o’er, / ’Till their arm’d Javvs diſtill vvith Foam and Gore.
1810, Robert Southey, “The Enchantress”, in The Curse of Kehama, London: or Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, , by James Ballantyne and Co. , →OCLC, page 113:The wine which from yon wounded palm on high / Fills yonder gourd, as slowly it distills, / Grows sour at once if Lorrinite pass by.
1823 November 30, Michael Faraday, “LXXXVI. On Fluid Chlorine. ”, in Alexander Tilloch, Richard Taylor, editors, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume LXII, number 307, London: Richard Taylor, ; and sold by Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; , →OCLC, page 419:Carbonic acid is a limpid colourless body, extremely fluid, and floating upon the other contents of the tube. It distills readily and rapidly at the difference of temperature between 32° and 0°.
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