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STILLATITIOUS OILS

Volume 3 · 80 words · 1771 Edition

such as are produced by distillation, in opposition to those got by infusion, expression, &c.

STILL BOTTOMS, in the distillery, a name given by the traders to what remains in the still after the working the wash into low wines. These bottoms are procured in the greatest quantity from the malt-wash, and are of so much value to the distiller, in the fattening of hogs, &c. that he often finds them one of the most valuable articles of the business.