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er; a tier; as, a rank of osiers. Many a mountain nigh Rising in lofty ranks, and loftier still. Byron.

rplexity and confusion. [Obs.] Till, by their own perplexities involved, They ravel more, still less resolved. Milton.

ecstasy. Spencer. In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton.

Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] Bacon.

te; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue. Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. 1 Sam. xii. 7.

poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

ted with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.

hom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.

or crime upon an accuser. It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently toBp. Stillingfleet.

That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.

To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.

To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor. Errors of wives reflect on husbands still. Dryden. Neither do I reflect in the least upon the memory of his late majesty. Swift.

An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc. Refrigerator car (Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.

In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed.

es might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion. Sir M. Hale.

To bud again. Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field. Howell.

ng, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison.

Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.

To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. There rest, if any rest can harbor there. Milton.

he quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.] The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland.