Word Meanings - DISTILLATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.

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• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• DISTILLATORY
  Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.
• BELONG
  attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
• DISTILLMENT
  Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. Shak.
• BELONGING
  1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
• DISTILLERY
  1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. 2. The act of distilling spirits. Todd.
• DISTILLER
  1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation. 2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
• DISTILL
  + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out
• DISTILLATE
  The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
• REDISTILL
  To distill again.
• SUBELONGATE
  Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.