Any circuit's black wire should be considered hot or live. Black wire is never used for a ground or neutral wire and should be used as the power feed for a switch or an outlet. A black wire is often used in a circuit as a switch leg, the connection that runs from the switch to the electrical load.
Medical Definition of distillation. 1  1: a process that consists of driving gas or vapor from liquids or solids by heating and condensing to liquid products and that is used especially for purification, fractionation, or the formation of new substances. 2  2: something distilled.
The alcoholic content of distilled liquor is higher than that of beer or wine. The production of distilled spirits is based upon fermentation, the natural process of decomposition of organic materials containing carbohydrates.