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The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. [Written also instilment.]

A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar. Sir T. Browne.

Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil. Barton.

Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.

The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Same as Archegonium.

Pistillate.

The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.

To explain by marginal notes; to postil. Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand. C. Knight.

The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.

One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.

See Postiler.

To distill again.

A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. His whole work stands stock-still. Sterne.

As still as a stone. Shak.

Not still; restless. [R.]

ounters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.

A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.