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The pause between heartbeats, where the loudest thoughts finally get heard.
means Calm and motionless, without sound or movement — or, as an adverb, indicating that a situation continues unchanged up to now.
from From Old English 'stille,' meaning fixed, motionless, or quiet, with cousins across the Germanic languages — Dutch 'stil' and German 'still' carry the same hush. It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root tied to the idea of standing fast, related to the same family that gave us 'stall' and 'stand.' The 'still continuing' sense grew naturally from this: something that holds its position holds it 'still,' and from there came 'unchanged over time.' The 'still' for distilling spirits is a different creature entirely, clipped from 'distill.'
- distilling roots
- Named from Latin stillare, to drip slowly
- survival trick
- Many animals freeze still to dodge predators' motion-tracking eyes
- photo origin
- A movie frame, frozen, became the term still image
- moonshine icon
- Copper stills shaped American backwoods rebellion for centuries
- hardest skill
- Sitting perfectly still spikes the brain's wandering activity
jack daniel's distillery — produces still whiskey in lynchburg, tennessee since 1866
glenmorangie distillery — scottish whisky maker with 16 copper stills, oldest in scotland