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6. After that; after what is stated.
In the primitive church, such as by fear being compelled to sacrifice to strange gods, after repented, and
kept still the office of preaching the gospel. Whitgift. Still and anon, at intervals and repeatedly; continually; ever and anon; now and then.
And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
Still and anon cheered up the heavy time. Shak. 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.
He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb
it. Woodward. 2. To stop, as noise; to silence.
With his name the mothers still their babies. Shak. 3. To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions. Shak.
Toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me. Hawthorne. Syn. — To quiet; calm; allay; lull; pacify; appease; subdue; suppress; silence; stop; check; restrain.
Still
(Still) n. [Cf. OE. stillatorie. See Still, v., to distill.]
1. 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.
2. A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Still watcher, a device for indicating the progress of distillation by the density of the liquid given over.
Knight.
Still
(Still), v. t. [Abbreviated fr. distill.]
1. To cause to fall by drops.
2. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill. Tusser.
Still
(Still), v. i. [L. stillare. Cf. Distill.] To drop, or flow in drops; to distill. [Obs.] Spenser.
Stillage
(Stil"lage) n. (Bleaching) A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
Stillatitious
(Stil`la*ti"tious) a. [L. stillaticius, fr. stillare to drop, stilla a drop.] Falling in drops; drawn
by a still.
Stillatory
(Stil"la*to*ry) n.; pl. -ries [From Still, for distill. Cf. Still, n., and Distillatory, a.]
1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] Bacon.
2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed. [R.] Dr. H. More. Sir H. Wotton.
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