rediˈstil, v.
[re- 5 a.]
To distil again. Hence rediˈstilled ppl. a.
| 1666 Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 392 To redistill the same portion of Water. 1758 Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 108 If they be redistilled, they recover their former tenuity. 1800 tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 397 Crell recommends re-distilling it from off more of the sebate. 1877 Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. 10 Redistil this after saturation with potassic carbonate. 1930 Engineering 21 Mar. 394/1 A parcel of redistilled magnesium of exceptional purity. 1956 Nature 21 Jan. 130/2 Using the normal procedure of shaking infective fluid with 20 per cent of freshly redistilled ether and leaving overnight. |