Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pharmacy, to redistil from the same or a similar substance, as a distilled liquid poured back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Anc. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb chemistry, alchemy To treat a material with a
boiling liquid and repeatedly return thedistillate .
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Peach-flowers, and of Worm-wood of each a pint and half; let them be digested in a Glass-Vessel three days, then distil them; cohobate this
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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