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Distillation

DISTILLATION, n. 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring or throwing down in drops. 2. The vaporization and subsequent condensation of a liquid by means of an alembic, or still and refrigeratory,...

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DISTILLATION, n.

1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring or throwing down in drops.

2. The vaporization and subsequent condensation of a liquid by means of an alembic, or still and refrigeratory, or of a retort and receiver; the operation of extracting spirit from a substance by evaporation and condensation; rectification.

3. The substance extracted by distilling.

4. That which falls in drops.

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