Whisky vs Distil - What's the difference?
whisky | distil |
(chiefly, UK, and, Canada) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in oak barrels.
(chiefly, UK, and, Canada) A drink of this liquor.
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, chapter=2 To subject a substance to distillation.
* 1880 , Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine of Utah
To undergo or be produced by distillation.
To make by means of distillation, especially whisky.
To exude in small drops.
To impart in small quantities.
To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.
* 2005 , .
To trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.
To be manifested gently or gradually.
To drip or be wet with.
As a noun whisky
is (chiefly|uk|and|canada) an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in oak barrels.As a verb distil is
to subject a substance to distillation.whisky
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(wikipedia whisky)Alternative forms
* whiskey (qualifier)Noun
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Usage notes
The regional spellings (term) and (whiskey) are also used world-wide to distinguish regional drinks, for example (Scotch whisky), but (bourbon whiskey). ----distil
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Alternative forms
* distill (North America)Verb
- In fact, it is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it, to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates,
- Firs distil resin.
- he'll pretend not to know about mirrors or water or even seeing, but will ask you to give only what can be distilled from what you say.