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distilled

/dɪˈstɪld/ adjective C1
  1. Having been produced by means of distillation. · The distilled spirits are bottled and sold at a handsome profit.
  2. Having been subjected to distillation.
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Anne was curled up Turk-fashion on the hearthrug, gazing into that joyous glow where the sunshine of a hundred summers was being distilled from the maple cordwood.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 242 · C1
A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 58 · B2

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