still 
O flrst of friends ! (Pelides tlm , i . i 
Still at my heart, and ever at my ski 
Popt, Iliad, xi. 7-13. 
3. Now as in the past; till now; to this time; 
now as then or as before; yet: as, he is still 
here. 
At after noone, with an easy wynde, and salyd ttyll in 
alto pulago, lellynge Grece on ye lefte hande and Barbary 
on the ryght hande. Sir Jt. Guylforde, f ylgrymagc, p. 12. 
Poor Wat, far off upon a hill, 
Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear, 
To hearken if his foes pursue him still. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 699. 
Apart she lived, and still she lies alone. 
Crabbe, Works, I. us. 
4. Ill an increased or increasing degree; beyond 
this (or that); even yet; in excess: used with 
comparatives or to form a comparative: as, 
."lilt greater things were expected; still more 
numerous. 
What rich service ! 
What mines of treasure ! richer still ! 
Fletcher (and another), False One, iii. 4. 
The matter of his treatise is extraordinary ; the manner 
more extraordinary still. 
ilacaulay, Sadler's Law of Population. 
5. For all that; all the same; nevertheless; 
notwithstanding this (or that). 
Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss. 
Shale., Sonnets, xxxiv. 
The Hey, with all his good sense and understanding, was 
still a Mamaluke, and had the principles of a slave. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 30. 
Loud and (or or)stillt. See loud. Still and anont, at 
intervals and repeatedly ; continually. 
And. like the watchful minutes of the hour, 
Still and anon cheer d up the heavy time. 
Shak., K. John, iv. 1. 47. 
Still 2 (stil), v. [< ME. 'stillcn, styllen, in part 
an abbr. of distil, in part < L. stillare, drop, fall 
in drops, also let or cause to fall in drops, < 
stilla, a drop ; cf . stiria, a frozen drop, an icicle. 
Cf. distil, instil.~\ I.t iittrans. To drop; fall in 
drops. See distil. 
From her faire eyes wiping the deawy wet 
Which softly stild. Spenser, F. Q., IV. vii. 35. 
II. trans. If. To drop, or cause to fall in drops. 
Her father Myrrha sought, 
And loved, but loved not as a daughter ought. 
Now from a tree she stills her odorous tears, 
Which yet the name of her who sheds them bears. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, L 
2. To expel, as spirit from liquor, by heat and 
condense in a refrigerator; distil. See distil. 
In Burgos, Anno 21., Doctor Sotto cured me of a certeine 
wandering fcuer, made me eat so much Apium, take BO 
much Barley water, & drink so much stilled Endiue. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 275. 
still- (stil), n. [< still 2 , T. The older noun was 
stillatory.j 1. An apparatus for separating, by 
means of heat, volatile matters from substances 
Still. 
a, alembic ; t>, hot-water jacket ; c, head ; 4, rostrum or beak , e . 
worm ; f, refrigerator ; g, funnel-tube for supplying cold water to the 
refrigerator ; h,h' , tubes for conveying away the warm upper stratum 
of water, which is heated by the condensation of vapor in the worm. 
containing them, and recondensing them into 
the liquid form. It assumes many forms, according to 
the purposes for which it is used ; but it consists essen- 
tially of two parts, a vessel in which the substance to be 
distilled is heated, and one in which the vapor is cooled 
and condensed. The most important use of stills is for 
the distillation of spirituous liquors. See distillation, and 
cut under petroleum-still. 
2. A house or works in which liquors are dis- 
tilled ; a distillery. S. Judd, Margaret, i. 15. 
3. In bleaching, a rectangular vessel made of 
slabs of freestone or flagstone with rabbeted 
and stemmed joints held together by long bolts, 
and provided with a steam-chamber below, 
and with a manhole for introducing the ma- 
terials for making chlorid of manganese solu- 
tion, called still-liquor. 
stallage (stil'aj), n. [Origin uncertain.] A 
stout support, in the nature of a stool, for keep- 
ing something from coming in contact with the 
floor of a shop, factory, bleachery, etc. Specifi- 
cally (a) In bleaching, a stout low stool or bench to keep 
textiles or yarns from the floor, and to p'.rmit the moisture 
to drain out of them, (b) In the packing of cloths and 
other goods for shipment, etc., a stool or bench for sup- 
porting the goods taken out of a stock to be packed. Some 
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stllhiKes an- made so that they can he tilted, and allow 
articles placed on them to slide olf into packing-lxixi ,. 
ete. 
StillatitioUS (stil-a-tish'ns), n. [< L. stillnti- 
I'nin, dropping, dripping, < xiuiarc, pp. xtillntiix, 
drop, trickle: SIT slill-, r.) Falling in drops; 
drawn l>y a still. [Rare.] JIHJI. Iticl. 
Stillatory(stil'a-to-ri). n.; pi. xtillti/orif-xf-ri/.). 
[< SHC. ,itiiiitti>rii'.;\ diatiliiag-vefisel (ef . OF. F. 
ntilliilniri; a.), < .ML. xlillii/nriiim, iieut. of "xtil- 
IntHrinx, adj., < L. stillttrr, pp. sti/ltttus, fall in 
drops: SIT still-, r. ] 1. A still; a vessel for 
distillation; an alembic. 
His forheed dropped as a stUlatorie 
Were ful of plantayne and of paritorie. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 27. 
In stillatories where the vapour is turned back upon It- 
self by the encounter of the sides of the stittatory. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 27. 
2. A laboratory; a place or room in which dis- 
tillation is performed ; a still-room. 
Marius, Armanus, as you are noble friends, 
Go to the privy garden, and in the walk 
Next to the stillatnrtj stay for me. 
Beau, and Fl. (?), Faithful Friends, iv. 3. 
still-birth, (stil'berth), . The birth of a life- 
less thing; also, a still-born child. 
Still-born (stil'bdrn), a. Dead at birth; bora 
lifeless : as, a still-born child. 
Still-burn (stil'bern), v. t. To burn in the pro- 
cess of distillation : as, to still-burn brandy. 
Stiller 1 (stil'er), . [< stiin + -ei-l.] 1. One 
who or that which stills or quiets. 2. A 
wooden disk laid on the liquid in a full pail to 
prevent splashing. [Prov. Eng.] 
Stiller 2 (stil'er), n. A distiller. Pop. Sci. Mo., 
XXX. 830. 
Still-fish < stil'fish), v. i. [< stiin + Jisltl, after 
still-hunt.] To fish from a boat at anchor. 
Still-fisher (stil'flsh*er), n. An angler engaged 
in still-fishing. . 
Still-fishing (stil'ush"ing), n. Fishing from a 
boat at anchor, or from the bank of a stream. 
Still-house (stil'hous), . A distillery, or that 
part of it which contains the still. 
Still-hunt (stil'hunt), v. [< still hunt: see under 
hunt.'] I. trans. To hunt stealthily ; stalk; lie 
in ambush for. 
The only way to get one [a grizzly] is to put on mocca- 
sins and still-hunt it in its own haunts. 
T. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, p. 327. 
The best time to still-hunt deer is just before sunset, 
when they come down from the hills to drink. 
Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 81. 
II. intrans. To hunt without making a noise ; 
pursue game stealthily or under cover. 
The best way to kill white-tail is to etiU-hunt carefully 
through their haunts at dusk. 
T. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, p. 118. 
An inferior sort of still-hunting, as practised, for instance, 
on Norwegian islands for the large red-deer. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLI. 394. 
Still-hunter (stil'liun'ter), . One who pursues 
game stealthily and without noise; one who 
hunts from ambush or under cover; a stalker. 
W. T. Hornaday, Smithsonian Report, 1887, 
ii. 430. 
Stilliard 1 t, . See Steelyard^. 
stilliard' 2 t, An old spelling of steelyard^. 
stillicide (stil'i-sid), n. [< F. stillicide, < L. 
Htillicidium, stiUcidium, a falling of drops, drip- 
ping, falling rain, < stilla, a drop (see still'*), + 
cudere, fall.] If. A continual falling or succes- 
sion of drops. 
The stillicides of water, ... if there be water enough to 
follow, will draw themselves into a small thread, because 
they will not discontinue ; but if there be no remedy, then 
they cast themselves into round drops. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 24. 
2. Ill Rom. law : (a) The right to have the rain 
from one's roof drop on another's land or roof. 
(6) The right to refuse to allow the rain from 
another's roof to drop on one's own land or roof. 
stillicidlOUS (stil-i-sid'i-us), a. [< stillicide + 
-/-.] Falling in drops, air T. Browne, Vulg. 
Err., ii. 1. 
stillicidium (stil-i-sid'i-um), )i. [L. : see stilli- 
cinfe.] A morbid dropping or trickling stilli- 
cidlum lacrymarum, the trickling of tears down over 
the lower lids from obstruction of the lacrymal passages. 
Stillicidium urinse, a discharge of urine in drops. 
stilliform (stil'i-fdrm), a. [< L. stilla, a drop, 
+ forma, form.] Drop-shaped. 
stilling (stil'ing), . [Also stillion; appar. a 
variant of E. dial, stelling, a shed for cattle 
(= LG. stelling = G. stellung, a stand, scaffold; 
cf. Icel. stilling, management), < stell + -ing.] 
1. A stand for casks. 2. In a brewery, a stand 
on which the rounds or cleansing-vats are placed 
in a trough, which serves to carry off the over- 
stilpnomelane 
Mowing yeast. 3. A stand on which pottery i> 
plitiTil in the drying-kiln preparatory ti> living. 
Stillingia(sti-li>'i'.)i-ai,. [NL. (Linn wus. 1767), 
iiHinril iil'trr 1 ienjamin Ulillini/Jli'i I, an Knglish 
botanist ulio published l.otanieal papers in 
17">!).] 1. A d mis of api'lnloiis plants, of the 
i irdrr/-.'/j///Vy/i/(T, v. I ri lie I'rulniii '. and subtribe 
Hit>pOmaite&. It i*i liaiarh rued l>j monicclous flowers 
iii terminal bracted spikes, earh bract hearing two -.daml-i 
the inah' lln\\ ei s lia\ inf; :i small calyx with two or three 
broad shallow lobes, and two or rarely three free exserted 
stamens, and the female tlou ers hearing an ovary of two or 
three cells, which terminate in undivided styles united at 
the base, and ripen into two-vah ed e;upcK whieh on fall- 
ing leave tii : iin 1 1 \\ it! i three haul spreading 
homs. There :tie :Umit l:> species, unlives of North ami 
South America, the \lascumie Islands, and the islands of 
the Pacific. They are mostly smooth shrlllis, usually with 
altirmite short peiioled leaves and a few small female 
flowers solitary under the lower bracts of the dense ster- 
ile spike, which bears usually three male flowers under 
each of the short and broad upper liracts. One species, 
S. siiliMtica, occurs from Virginia southward, for which 
sec qite?n'*.'l''!/;//it and frilver-leaf. 
2. \l,c.] A plant of the above genus, especially 
the oftieinal >s'. si/lrntii'ii. 
stillion (stil'yon), ii. Same as stilling. G. 
Scamcll, Hreweries and Slaltiugs, p. 92. 
Stillitoryt, . An erroneous spelling of stilla- 
toru. 
Still-life, . See still life, under stil ft. 
Still-liquor (stil'lik'or), n. Bleaching-liquor 
prepared by the reaction of hydrochloric acid 
upon manganese binoxid in large stone cham- 
bers called stills (whence the name)._ It is a 
solution of manganese chlorid. 
stillness (stil'nes), . [< ME. stilnesse, < AS. 
stilnes, stillnes (= OFries. stilnese, stilmsse = 
MLG. stilmsse = OHG. stihiissi, stilnessi, MHG. 
stilnisse, stilnesse), < stille, still: see still 1 and 
-ness.'] The state or character of being still. 
(a) Rest ; motionlessness ; calmness : as, the stillness of the 
air or of the sea. (b) Noiselessness ; quiet ; silence.: as, 
the stillness of the night, (c) Freedom from agitation or 
excitement : as. the stillness of the passions, (d) Habitual 
silence ; taciturnity. 
Still-peeringt (stirper'ing), . Appearing still. 
you leaden messengers, 
That ride upon the violent speed of fire, 
Fly with false aim ; move the still-peering air, 
That sings with piercing. 
Shat, All's Well, ill. 2. 113. 
(A doubtful word, by some read still-piercing.] 
still-room (stil'roin), . 1. An apartment for 
distilling; a domestic laboratory. 2. A room 
connected with the kitchen, where coffee, tea, 
and the like are made, and the finer articles 
supplied to the table are made, stored, and 
prepared for use. [Eng.] 
Still-Stand (stil' stand), . A standstill; a 
halt; a stop. [Rare.] 
, 
That makes a still-stand, running neither way. 
., ii. 3. 64. 
The tide swell'd up unto his height, 
running neither 
Shalt., 2 Hen. IV. 
Still-watcher (stil'woch"er), . In distilling, 
a reservoir in which the density of the liquid 
given over is tested by a hydrometer in order 
to follow the progress of the distillation. 
stilly (stil'i), a. [< ME. stillich, < AS. stillle 
(= MLG. stillicli, xtillil,-); as stilft + -tyi.] 
Still; quiet. 
Oft in the stilly night, 
Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, 
Fond Memory brings the light 
Of other days around me. 
Moore, Irish Melodies. 
Stilly (stil'li), adi: [< ME. stilliche, < AS. stil- 
lice (= MD. stillick, also stillekens = MLG. stil- 
liken, stilken); as stilft + -ty 2 .] 1. Silently; 
without uproar. 
And he a-roos as stilliche as he myght. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S,), ii. 180. 
The hum of either army stilly sounds. 
Shak., Hen. V., iv., Prol., 1. 6. 
2. Calmly; quietly; without agitation. 
He takes his own. and stilly goes his way. 
Dr. H. More, Cupid's Conflict, st. 47. 
stilogonidium (sti"lo-go-nid'i-um), n. ; pi. stilo- 
yonidia (-a). [NL., < "L. stilus, a pointed in- 
strument,"-!- NL. gomdium, q. v.] In hot., a 
gonidium cut off or separated from the end of 
a sterigma. 
Stilp (stilp), v. i. [With variation of vowel, < 
stwp, a prop: see stitl}>.~\ 1. To stalk; take 
long, high steps in walking. 2. To go on stilts 
or crutches. [Scotch.] 
stilpers (stil'perz), n. pi. [< stilp + -!.] 
Stilts; crutches. [Scotch.] 
stilpnomelane (stilp-nom'e-lan), n. [< Gr. 
OTf/jrfof, glittering (< oTtt/ietv, glitter, glisten), 
+ nk?a$ (uefav-), black, dark.] A black, green- 
ish-bla,ck, or bronze-colored mineral occurring 
in foliated plates or thin scales sometimes 
