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(Encyclopedia) still, term applied to the apparatus used in distillation, referring either to the flask in which a liquid to be distilled is evaporated, or to other pieces of equipment, or to the…

Brewer's: Still

Cornelius Tacitus is called Corndius the Still in the Fardle of Facions, “still” being a translation of the Latin wordtacitus. “Cornelius the Stylle in his first book of his yerely…

Brewer's: Stilling

(John Henry), surnamed Jung, the mystic or pietist; called by Carlyle the German Dominie Sampson; “awkward, honest, irascible, in old-fashioned clothes and bag-wig.” A real character. (…

Still Breathing

Director/Writer:James F. RobinsonDirector of Photography:John ThomasEditor:Sean AlbertsonMusic:Paul MillsProduction Designer:Denise PizziniProducers:James F. Robinson and Marshall…

Brewer's: Still Sow

A man cunning and selfish; one wise in his own interest; one who avoids talking at meals that he may enjoy his food the better. So called from the old proverb, “The still sow eats the wash…

Brewer's: Stone Still

Perfectly still; with no more motion than a stone. “I will not struggle; I will stand stone still.” Shakespeare: King John, iv. 1. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

United Still Stand

U.S. national team star Eric Wyndalda scores in a World Cup qualifier at Costa Rica's Saprissa Stadium. Although the U.S. squad would lose the match 3-2 they would eventually go on to qualify…

Still, Clyfford

(Encyclopedia) Still, Clyfford, 1904–80, American painter, b. Grandin, N.Dak. A brilliant painter, he was one of the founders of abstract expressionism, although never one of the style's best-known…

Still, William

(Encyclopedia) Still, William, 1821–1902, American abolitionist, b. Burlington co., N.J. After he moved to Philadelphia (1844), he began working for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society (1847) and…