different between distil vs shochu

English

Alternative forms

• distill (US)

Etymology

From Middle English distillen, from Old French distiller, from Latin dist?ll?, variant of Latin d?still?, d?still?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d??st??]
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: dis?til

Verb

distil (third-person singular simple present distils, present participle distilling, simple past and past participle distilled)

1. (transitive) To subject to distillation.
   • 1880, Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine of Utah

     In fact, it is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it, to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates, […]

2. (intransitive) To undergo or be produced by distillation.
3. (transitive) To make by means of distillation, especially whisky.
4. (transitive) To exude in small drops.

   Firs distil resin.

5. (transitive) To impart in small quantities.
6. (transitive) To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 239e.

     he'll pretend not to know about mirrors or water or even seeing, but will ask you to give only what can be distilled from what you say.

7. (intransitive) To trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.
8. (intransitive) To be manifested gently or gradually.
9. (intransitive) To drip or be wet with. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Translations

Old High German

Alternative forms

• distila

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þistilaz, whence also Old English þistel, Old Norse þistill

Noun

distil f

1. thistle

Descendants

• Middle High German: distel
  • German: Distel
  • Luxembourgish: Dëschtel
  • Vilamovian: döstu?
  • Pennsylvania German: Dischdel

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (sh?ch? ??????), from Mandarin ?? (compare Mandarin sh?oji? ??, Korean soju ??), from ? ("burn", "flammable") + ? ("alcohol").

Noun

shochu (uncountable)

1. A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.

See also

• sake
• awamori

Anagrams

• choush

Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Noun

shochu m (invariable)

1. shochu