stillage

1 of 3

noun (1)

stil·​lage

ˈstilij

plural -s

1

: a small table or stand (as for casks in a brewery) sometimes equipped with wheels

2

: a drying stone for ceramic ware shaped but not fired

stillage

2 of 3

transitive verb

"

-ed/-ing/-s

: to place on a stillage

stillage

3 of 3

noun (2)

still·​age

"

plural -s

: the mash from an alcoholic fermentation after removal of the alcohol in a still

simple screening of the stillage gives distillers' dried grains

—R. S. Aries

compare distillers' grains

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

modification of Dutch stellage scaffolding, from Middle Dutch, from stellen to place + -age (from Middle French); akin to Old High German stellen to place

Noun (2)

still entry 8 + -age

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