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liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

used in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards. Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day

A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.

A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.

or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.

The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [Obs.] Shak.

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] Smart.

A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. Motley.…

etending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith. Far from the duplicity wickedly charged on him, he acted his part with alacrity and resolution. Burke.

Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak.

or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.

To decompose by the direct action of electricity. Faraday.

ing circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.] From worldly cares he did himself eloign. Spenser.

as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.

According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows. Prior.