Definition of Distills

1. Verb. (third-person singular of distill) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distills

1. distill [v] - See also: distill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distills

distillation
distillation chaser
distillations
distillatories
distillatory
distilled
distilled water
distiller
distilleries
distillers
distillers' dried grains
distillery
distilling
distillment
distillments
distills (current term)
distils
distinct
distincter
distinctest
distinction
distinction without a difference
distinctions
distinctions without a difference
distinctive
distinctive feature
distinctively
distinctiveness
distinctly
distinctness

Literary usage of Distills

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on the Chemical Lectures for First-year Students in the Medical by Theodore George Wormley, John Marshall (1894)
"In the ferric sulphate which is heated in the retort, there is always a small quantity of water which distills over and combines with the SO3, producing the ..."

2. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"2 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influence down : His grace, on fainting souls, distills, Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills. ..."

3. The Utilization of Wood Waste by Distillation: A General Consideration of by Walter Benjamin Harper (1907)
"As the temperature is raised the turpentine distills, aided by a jet of steam, through U to the condenser VI to tbe receiver W, where it is ready for ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"cohol in chloroform distills without change at 54° approximately, ... A solution containing 12-13 ft methyl alcohol in acetone distills without change at ..."

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