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   Distill , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Distilled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand.  Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.] [Written also distil.]
   To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
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   Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain.
   Pope.
   
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   To flow gently, or in a small stream.
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   The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia.
   Sir W. Raleigh.
   
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   To practice the art of distillation.
   Shak.
   
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   Distill, v. t.
   To let fall or send down in drops.
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   Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain.
   Pope.
   
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   The dew which on the tender grass
   The evening had distilled.
   Drayton.
   
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   To obtain by distillation; to subject to a process of evaporation and subsequent condensation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. “Distilling odors on me.”  
   Tennyson.
   
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   To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.
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   To dissolve or melt. [R.]
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   Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled.
   Addison.
   
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   to extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and refine; to present the essential elements of; -- of ideas or texts.
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