pot still

or pot-still


noun
  1. a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.

Origin of pot still

1
First recorded in 1790–1800

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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. Snell
  • The flat-bottomed pot still survives, but the round one and the kettle are more damaged than whole.

    Through the Heart of Patagonia | H. Hesketh Prichard
  • Chivers, 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 James
  • There will remain in the boiling-pot still 31⁄2 gallons of oil.

  • Mrs. Ruel trotted to the window, with the coffee-pot still in her hands.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for pot still

pot still

noun
  1. 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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