pot still

or pot-still

noun

a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.

pot still

a type of still used in distilling whisky in which heat is applied directly to the pot in which the wash is contained

First recorded in 1790–1800

But the frying pan, tea-kettle and coffee pot still shone brightly.

The flat-bottomed pot still survives, but the round one and the kettle are more damaged than whole.

Chivers, with the pot still in his hands, fairly rocked in the high wind of so much confidence and such great transactions.

There will remain in the boiling-pot still 31⁄2 gallons of oil.

Mrs. Ruel trotted to the window, with the coffee-pot still in her hands.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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