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tilled
(encz) | tilled, adj: |
Tilled
(gcide) | Till \Till\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilling.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim,
strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to
propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps
also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or
definite. Cf. Teal, Till, prep..]
1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise
crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a
field, a farm.
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No field nolde [would not] tilye. --P. Plowman.
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the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken. --Gen.
iii. 23.
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2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.] --W. Browne.
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tilled
(wn) | tilled
adj 1: turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing;
"tilled land ready for seed" |
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distilled
(encz) | distilled,destilovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
distilled water
(encz) | distilled water, n: |
tilled
(encz) | tilled, adj: |
tilled land
(encz) | tilled land, n: |
untilled
(encz) | untilled, adj: |
cleared tilled
(gcide) | improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built,
reinforced}; cleared, tilled ; {developed; {grade ;
graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored.
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2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
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Distilled
(gcide) | Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Distilled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distilling.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare,
destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr.
stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand.
Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.] [Written also distil.]
1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
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Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain.
--Pope.
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2. To flow gently, or in a small stream.
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The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of
Armenia. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak.
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Distilled verdigris
(gcide) | Verdigris \Ver"di*gris\, n. [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from
verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a
corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo),
from L. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. See Verdant, and
2d Ore.]
1. (Chem.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and
drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and
consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several
basic copper acetates.
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2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.]
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Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be
confounded with true verdigris. --U. S. Disp.
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Blue verdigris (Chem.), a verdigris having a blue color,
used as a pigment, etc.
Distilled verdigris (Old Chem.), an acid copper acetate; --
so called because the acetic acid used in making it was
obtained from distilled vinegar.
Verdigris green, clear bluish green, the color of
verdigris.
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Extilled
(gcide) | Extill \Ex*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extilled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Extilling.] [L. extillare, exstillare; ex out + stillare
to drop, stilla drop.]
To drop or distill. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Instilled
(gcide) | Instill \In*still"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instilled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Instilling.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in-
in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller.
See Distill.] [Written also instil.]
1. To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.
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That starlight dews
All silently their tears of love instill. --Byron.
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2. Specifically: To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the
mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually;
to cause to be imbibed.
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How hast thou instilled
Thy malice into thousands. --Milton.
Syn: To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate;
insinuate.
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Postilled
(gcide) | Postil \Pos"til\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Postiled (?) or
Postilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Postiling or Postilling.]
To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to
postillate.
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Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. --J. H.
Newman.
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Stilled
(gcide) | Still \Still\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilling.] [AS. stillan, from stille still, quiet, firm.
See Still, a.]
1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet,
or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to
still the raging sea.
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He having a full sway over the water, had power to
still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb
it. --Woodward.
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2. To stop, as noise; to silence.
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With his name the mothers still their babies.
--Shak.
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3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or
excitement; as, to still the passions. --Shak.
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Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet
impulse in me. --Hawthorne.
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Syn: To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue;
suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
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Untilled
(gcide) | Untilled \Untilled\
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distilled water
(wn) | distilled water
n 1: water that has been purified by distillation |
tilled
(wn) | tilled
adj 1: turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing;
"tilled land ready for seed" |
tilled land
(wn) | tilled land
n 1: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and
raising crops [syn: cultivated land, farmland,
plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage,
tilth] |
untilled
(wn) | untilled
adj 1: not plowed or harrowed or hoed; "untilled land" |
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