All 4 Uses of
distill
in
The Aeneid
- When first her fatal image touch'd the ground, She sternly cast her glaring eyes around, That sparkled as they roll'd, and seem'd to threat: Her heav'nly limbs distill'd a briny sweat.†
Book 2
- The rooted fibers rose, and from the wound Black bloody drops distill'd upon the ground.†
Book 3 *
- Spare to pollute thy pious hands with blood: The tears distil not from the wounded wood; But ev'ry drop this living tree contains Is kindred blood, and ran in Trojan veins.†
Book 3
- Their lifeless trunks he leaves upon the place; Their heads, distilling gore, his chariot grace.†
Book 12
Definition:
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(distill as in: distill the whisky) to make a more pure or concentrated liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors (as is done when making whisky or some petroleum products)