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▪ I. stilled, ppl. a.1|stɪld| [f. still v.2 + -ed1.] Made quiet; quietened; silent.
1614Gorges Lucan i. 26 And being layd, the stilled maine Reclaimes her mounted waues againe. 1820C. R. Maturin Melmoth (1892) III. xxiv. 65 Murderers exchanging their stilled and midnight whispers. 1874L. Carr Jud. Gwynne I. i. 10 The sweet rhythmical music..came chiming through the stilled air. 1883Meredith Poems & Lyrics, Melampus xi, He drew the Master of harmonies, voiced or stilled, To seek him. ▪ II. stilled, ppl. a.2|stɪld| [f. still v.1 + -ed1.] = distilled ppl. a.
a1400Stockh. Medical MS. i. 76 in Anglia XVIII. 297 Quan alle þese gresys ben i-take Stillid water þer-of lat make. 1542Boorde Dyetary x. (1870) 253 Better it is to drynke with wyne stylled waters. 1601Holland Pliny xvi. xi. I. 464 Thereupon it is called Stilled pitch. 1633Hart Diet of Diseased i. xv. 53 The stilled water of the plant [Marigold]..is esteemed good for red eyes. 1728E. S[mith] Compl. Housew. (ed. 2) 173 Then put in two or three spoonfuls of the same Syrup or still'd Water. |