pot still
or pot-still
a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.
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How to use pot still in a sentence
But the frying pan, tea-kettle and coffee pot still shone brightly.
Third Warning | Roy J. SnellThe flat-bottomed pot still survives, but the round one and the kettle are more damaged than whole.
Through the Heart of Patagonia | H. Hesketh PrichardChivers, with the pot still in his hands, fairly rocked in the high wind of so much confidence and such great transactions.
The Two Magics | Henry JamesThere will remain in the boiling-pot still 31⁄2 gallons of oil.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreMrs. Ruel trotted to the window, with the coffee-pot still in her hands.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for pot still
a type of still used in distilling whisky in which heat is applied directly to the pot in which the wash is contained
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