still-burnt, a.
[f. still n.1 + burnt ppl. a.]
Of alcoholic spirits: Damaged by burning in the process of distillation. Hence (in Dicts.) still-burn v.
| 1766 Smollett Trav. I. 44 All the brandy which I have seen in Boulogne is new, fiery, and still-burnt. 1831 T. P. Jones New Convers. Chem. xv. 153 Spirituous liquors which are still-burnt and otherwise badly flavoured. |