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DISTILLATORY
Etymology
Adjective
distillatory (not comparable)
Belonging to, or used in, distilling.
Noun
distillatory (plural distillatories)
A distillatory apparatus; a still.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*til"la*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. distillatoire.]
Definition: Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels.
– n.
Definition: A distillatory apparatus; a still.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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