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Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. "Still as any stone." Chaucer.

To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.

Ever closing. [Obs.] "Still-clothing waters." Shak.

ver; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously. -- Still"-hunt`er, n. -- Still"-hunt`ing, n. [U.S.]

A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.

Falling in drops; drawn by a still.

An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] Bacon.

The birth of a dead fetus.

Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.

One who stills, or quiets.

A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.

A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves. Bacon.

Falling in drops. [Obs.]

Having the form of a drop. Owen.

A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.

The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds.

A room for distilling.

A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.

A standstill. [R.] Shak.