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Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (adv.) Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

2. (adv.) Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.

3. (adv.) Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.

4. (adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.

5. (adv.) Constant; continual.

6. (adv.) Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.

7. (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.

8. (n.) A steep hill or ascent.

9. (v.) To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.

10. (a.) In the future as now and before.

11. (a.) In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.

12. (a.) In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.

13. (a.) Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occurred; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.

14. (a.) After that; after what is stated.

15. (v.) 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.

16. (v.) To stop, as noise; to silence.

17. (v.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.

18. (n.) 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 vaporization and condensation.

19. (n.) A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

20. (v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.

21. (v. t.) To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigerator; to distill.

22. (v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.


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