distillery

[dih-stil-uh-ree] Origin

dis·till·er·y

[dih-stil-uh-ree]
noun, plural dis·till·er·ies.
a place or establishment where distilling, especially the distilling of liquors, is done.

Origin:
1670–80; distill + -ery
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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distillery (dɪˈstɪlərɪ)
 
n , pl -eries
a place where alcoholic drinks, etc, are made by distillation

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distillery
"place for distilling," 1759; from distill + -ery.
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