† distil-housen.
Obsolete.
A house constructed for the business of distilling, a distilling-house.
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still-house1558
stillatory?1600
foundry1670
distil-house1682
distillery1759
stillery1762
still1845
outstill1884
1682 London Gaz. No. 1686/4 In Old-street is a very convenient Distill-House to be Lett.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6202/4 A Distill-House, and Backs for working Mollosses.
1790 J. B. Moreton Manners & Customs West India Islands 55 The generality..think attention to the distill-house a menial part of plantership.
1807 tr. C. A. G. Goede Stranger in Eng. III. 77 Distil-houses for brandy and other spirits.
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