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tilling
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Tilling
(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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tilling
(wn) | tilling
n 1: cultivation of the land in order to raise crops |
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instilling
(encz) | instilling, n: |
tilling
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Distilling
(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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Extilling
(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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Instilling
(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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Postilling
(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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Stilling
(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.
[1913 Webster]Stilling \Still"ing\, n. [Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set,
to place.]
A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Stillingia sebifera
(gcide) | Tallow \Tal"low\, n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D.
talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t[=o]lgr, t[=o]lg,
t[=o]lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus firm.]
1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds,
separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
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Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large
amount of stearin it contains. See Fat.
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2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from
certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat
of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
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Tallow candle, a candle made of tallow.
Tallow catch, a keech. See Keech. [Obs.]
Tallow chandler, one whose occupation is to make, or to
sell, tallow candles.
Tallow chandlery, the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the
place where his business is carried on.
Tallow tree (Bot.), a tree (Stillingia sebifera) growing
in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance
which resembles tallow and is applied to the same
purposes.
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instilling
(wn) | instilling
n 1: teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent
instruction or repetition [syn: inculcation,
ingraining, instilling] |
tilling
(wn) | tilling
n 1: cultivation of the land in order to raise crops |
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