DISTILLATION, noun 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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