Definitions
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- noun obsolete Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.
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- noun The
extract produced bydistillation .
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- noun the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
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Examples
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One sweet distillment from the bitter herbs of war!
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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One sweet distillment from the bitter herbs of war!
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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In its highest manifestations art is life at its best; painting, sculpture, poetry, music are the distillment and refinement of experience.
The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911
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But art is not quite the same as life at first hand; it is rather the distillment of it.
The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911
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The history of that election reveals with great clearness the extent to which slavery has 'shot its leprous distillment' through the life blood of the nation.
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The history of that election reveals, with great clearness, the extent to which {360} slavery has shot its leprous distillment through the life-blood of the nation.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856
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The history of that election reveals, with great clearness, the extent to which slavery has shot its leprous distillment through the life-blood of the nation.
My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855
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The history of that election reveals, with great clearness, the extent to which slavery has shot its leprous distillment through the life-blood of the nation.
My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I.--Life as a Slave. Part II.--Life as a Freeman 1850
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And that royal ear was lent, and almost fatal was the distillment poured into its porches.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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And that royal ear was lent, and almost fatal was the distillment poured into its porches.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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