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or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.

The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet

this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. Stillingfleet.

; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. "Distilling odors on me." Tennyson.

The substance extracted by distilling. Shak. Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. --…

Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.

The condenser of a distilling apparatus.

The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

tes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.

To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet.

By drops or small portions. [Obs.] Distilling dropmeal, a little at once. Holland.

Ecstatic. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Elder. "My lady's eldest son." Shak. Their eldest historians are of suspected credit. Bp. Stillingfleet. Eldest hand (Card Playing), the player on the dealer's left hand. R. A. Proctor.

pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

s, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.

city. All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. Bp. Stillingfleet.

n. Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.

To shake off; to discard. [R.] To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet.