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extilling

extilling is the present participle and gerund of extill.

Meaning of extill

Verb

extill (third-person singular simple present extills, present participle extilling, simple past and past participle extilled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drop or distill.
    • Oyl of Mace may be extilled after the ſame manner : it calcfies and digeſts frigid humours1657, Jean de Renou, Oylof Mace may be extilled after the fame manner : it calefies and digefts frigid humours

Questions about extilling

What is extilling the present participle and gerund of?
Extilling is the present participle and gerund of extill.

Words near extilling in the dictionary

  1. exthorio
  2. extill
  3. extillation
  4. extillations
  5. extilled
  6. extilling
  7. extills
  8. extimacies
  9. extimacy
  10. extimate
  11. extimous

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