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Definition of Stillions
1. stillion [n] - See also: stillion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stillions
Literary usage of Stillions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Practical Brewer; Or Plain, Accurate, and Thorough Instructions by Marcus Lafayette Byrn (1852)
"The brewer then places such a number of casks on the stillions as the ... With the
liquor on the stillions, this is sufficient to keep the barrels in ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Based on Chemical and Economical Principles by William Black (1844)
"... it was immediately cleansed by pumping it from the gyle- tun, into casks placed
upon wooden stillions about eighteen inches high, where it soon began to ..."
3. Transactions by Society of Engineers (London, England), England Society of Engineers (London (1873)
"The oldest and most common is to take the ordinary casks, fill them with the
fermented beer, and place them upon long troughs (called stillions) with the ..."
4. A Systematic Handbook of Practical Brewing: Including a Full Description of by E. R. Southby (1885)
"As these stillions are simple wooden troughs supported on legs, and as the only
other apparatus required is a good hose, there is nothing further for me to ..."
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