Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A distillery, or that part of it which contains the still.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.

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  • noun A distillery.

Etymologies

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still +‎ house

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Examples

  • Ms. DANIEL: (Reading) When Dennis did propose, kneeling on the stillhouse dock where we'd met, I believed my love for him was strong.

    Two First Novels, 10 Years In The Making 2010

  • Ms. DANIEL: (Reading) When Dennis did propose, kneeling on the stillhouse dock where we'd met, I believed my love for him was strong.

    Two First Novels, 10 Years In The Making 2010

  • Ms. DANIEL: (Reading) When Dennis did propose, kneeling on the stillhouse dock where we'd met, I believed my love for him was strong.

    Two First Novels, 10 Years In The Making 2010

  • Using archaeological evidence, Mount Vernon Estates and Gardens, the nonprofit foundation that runs the historic plantation, plans to rebuild the stillhouse as a museum to educate visitors about the role of liquor in early America.

    Interactive Dig Mt. Vernon - Historical Reenactment 2003

  • Bin down ter th 'stillhouse all evenin' -- Don't stir him, maw, er we'll git licked some more.

    That Printer of Udell's Harold Bell Wright 1908

  • It is true that Lincoln did work the latter part of one winter in a little stillhouse, up at the head of a hollow.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings Abraham Lincoln 1837

  • It is true that Lincoln did work the latter part of one winter in a little stillhouse, up at the head of a hollow.

    The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates Abraham Lincoln 1837

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    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • It's a casual neighborhood spot with a feel that's part stillhouse and part bistro.

    Portland Mercury 2009

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  • (n.) Historically a small permanent building constructed specifically for distilling illegal spirits.

    August 26, 2009