distillation

UK /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ US /ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

2

That which falls in drops.

3

The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

4

The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

5

The substance extracted by distilling.

to be stopped in, like a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.

Then, were not summer's distillation left, A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass […]

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