A vetch; a tare.
A drawer.
A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; - sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.
A kind of coarse, obdurate land.
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; - now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.
As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.
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.
To prepare; to get.
To cultivate land.
Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
Constant; continual.
Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
A steep hill or ascent.
A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.
A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
In the future as now and before.
In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.
In an increasing or additional degree; even more; - much used with comparatives.
Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; - sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.
After that; after what is stated.
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.
To stop, as noise; to silence.
To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.
To cause to fall by drops.
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.
