STILL  . (I) (O . Eng. stille, a word appearing in many

Teutonic languages, all derived from the root, meaning to set in position or rest, seen in " stall," Ger. stellen, &c.), motionless, noiseless, or when used of wines or mineral waters, having little or no effervescence . As an adverb, " still" has preserved the original sense of " that which preserves its position," and thus means continually, permanently, now as before . (2) From the shortened form of " distil," Lat. distillare, to drip, trickle down, stilla, a drop, dim. of stiria . The older word for a " still " in English was stillatory, Medieval Latin stillatorium, an apparatus for heating substances and condensing the vapours (see DISTILLATION and SPIRITS) .