Middle English Dictionary Entry
stillātōrī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stillātōrī(e n. Also stillitori, stillotorie, stellatori & (error) sallatorye. |
| Etymology | AL stillātōrium, stillitōrium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A vessel used in the distillation of liquids, a still; alch. ~ of circulacioun, the still used for the process of changing the 'body' from one 'element' into another [cp. circulacioun n.].
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.580 : It was ioye for to seen hym swete; His forheed dropped as a stillatorie Were ful of plantayne and of paritorie.
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.116 : [A] stillatorie [of lead].
- (1440) Doc.Kent in Bull.IHR 36 (PRO KB 27/715 m.19)86 : I wente to awyndowe of the seid house..and with adagger the seid wyndowe openyd, and so lokynge in to the seide house sey alitelle fere under a styllatorye made of erthe.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)172 : Put..origanum & lauendre & tyme..& þe wyne into a vessell & stylle it vp in two stillatories.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)234/740 : Take wodbynd..and filago and put hem in a sallatorye [read: stillatorye] and make watir of heme.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)29/26 : Take a vessel of erthe þat be made in þe maner of a juste, þat hath a long nekke and a wyd body bynethe, wyth a styllotorie ordeynyd and grawyn acordande to þe vessell.
- (1463) Will York in Sur.Soc.30259 : j stellatory et j ollam eneam.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)11/31 : Putte aȝen þe watir in þe stillatorie of circulacioun til ȝe brynge it to so myche swetnes & an heuenly sauour.
- c1475 Sln.4 Recipes in Rel.Ant.1 (Sln 4)324 : For to melt steyll: Take coporose and salt-peter and put yn a styllatory of glasse, and stoppe the glasse that the eyre go not owt; and the fyrst water ys nowght, but the second ys good and wyll melt steyll, I warrant yow.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)121a : A Stillitory: Stillitorium, distillitorium.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)73/7,10 : Take sauge and fynel-rotes..and putte hyt in þe body of þe styllatorye and helde þer-on wyne..þene putte hyt in a potte fulle of asckes ouer þe forney and make so softe fuyre þer-vnder þat wen þe styllatory by-gin to dropp, loke þat hyt dropp no fastur þan þov myste seyȝe on, two, þre, by-twene þe droppys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Sln.122 Artist.Recipes (Sln 122) 118/11 : Put hem into a stillatore to stille, and worche there with tyl it be colde.
- a1500 Ashm.1438 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 1438) 259/9 : Put alle þese yn a styllatorr forto dystylle, and wyrche þerwith tille hit be colde.
Note: New spellings (stillatore & stillatorr).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. stillatory.