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1 stillare [CL] 1 (of liquid) to fall in drops, drip, trickle. velut tenebrosa aqua in nubibus aeris aut stillicidia ~antia Aldh. Met. 2 p. 67; purpureusque cruor stillans de carne fluebat Id. VirgV 1751; prostratus ‥ toto corpore, lacrimis ubertim ~antibus terram rigavit R. Cold. Godr. 40; 11‥ bene licet volenti partem suam ‥ quantum voluerit exaltare ‥ et aquam ~antem inde, ipse recipiat (Assisa Muri Lapidei) EHR XVII 506; si vero per negligentiam de calice Domini aliquid ~averit in terram, linguabitur Rob. Flamb. Pen. 338. 2 (of thing) to drip (with a liquid); b (fig.). c (of animal) to urinate (cf. et. ME stalen, OF estaler). illi ‥ roscidis oculorum fontibus et palpebris ~antibus maestam faciem umectare ‥ non desinunt Aldh. VirgP 10; sicut nimbosis stillabant aethera guttis Id. VirgV 1989 (cf. id. CE 4. 9. 8); 716 oculi fisicis pleni frequenter sanguine [v. l. sanguinem] ~averunt Bonif. Ep. 10 p. 15; 1268 imploro ‥ quatinus ad Dominum scillante [? l. stillante] oculo Ep. Ottobon. 119; s1428 postmodum ~ans temperies per dies et noctes Chr. S. Alb. 27 (v. stillatio 1). b redoles fama, pietate / stillas Garl. Epith. I 10. c secedens in partem cum clericis suis, ut equi respirarent et ~arent W. Fitzst. Thom. 93; [mulus] ad extremam partem pervenit, tanquam in quendam recessum secessisset ad ~andum. urinam ergo faciens in loco importuno ‥ Neckam NR II 159; to pysse ‥ mictare ‥ ~are ‥ versus: ‘irracionale stillat, racione fruentis / mingere sit proprie’ CathA. 3 (trans.) to cause or allow (liquid) to drip, to pour (liquid) in drops; b (absol.); c (transf. & fig.). ipsam ‥ aquam cum intra palpebras caeci guttatim ~aret Felix Guthl. 53 p. 168; desiit in Libano cedrus stillare resinam V. Anselmi Epit. 4; fontem quem Pistildewi ‥ vocant ‥ lac ~are Gir. IK II 1 p. 109; hic ~entur quinque gutte de cereo in fontem in modum crucis Miss. Heref. 111; si tectum domus jugiter ~aret aquam, homo ubique in ea nullam haberet quietem Holcot Wisd. 135. b hic ~et de cereo in fontem in modum crucis Miss. Sarum 129. c pauca tui tandem stillabis in aure patroni, / que recolens nequeat immemor esse sui J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1515; numquid montes illi ~abunt dulcedinem? Gir. TH intr. p. 6. 4 to distil. 1469 in reparacione ‥ stillatorii pro aqua vite ~anda Ac. Durh. 280; to stille waters, ~are, distillare CathA. 5 (p. ppl., understood as) spotted: a (as name of plant) dragonwort (Dracunculus vulgaris). b (as name of animal) kind of spotted serpent. (Exx. might also possibly be construed as stellatus, p. ppl. of 1 stellare; cf. et. stellio.). a þeos wyrt þe man basillicam an oþrum naman næddrewyrt nemnað, hira cun is þreora cynna. an is ‥ ~atus, þæt on ure þeode dropfah, seo ys swycce heo gildenun heafde si (MS BL Harl. 6258) EETS CCLXXXVI 169. b gif hwa þas wyrt on him hæfð ne mæȝ him nan ðysra næddrecynna derian. seo forme næddre ‥ ~atus is soðlice ȝecweden chrisocefalus asterites; þeos el þæt heo ȝesyhp hit forsormð & forwyteð (MS BL Harl. 6258) EETS CCLXXXVI 169.

2 stillare [cf. ME stillen], to put (cask, in quot. of wine) in rack or other supporting structure in a ship, in preparation for transport (cf. stillagium). 1306 pro ‥ stillagio vinorum in navibus, clavis et lathis pro eisdem ~andis KR Ac 369/11 f. 73; 1339 in j pipa vini empta pro ullagio eorundem vj doliorum inplendo quando amoveri debuissent de celariis predictis et iterum quando stillat' fuerunt in navi MinAc 816/11 m. 15.

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