moonshine -
distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine
distil,
distill,
extract give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
moonshine -
Illegally distilled liquor, so named because much of the manufacturing process often is conducted without artificial light at night when the moon is shining.
Moonshine (also called white lightning, mountain dew, hooch, and many other names) is illegally produced liquor. The word is believed to derive from early English smugglers and illegal Appalachian distillers who clandestinely (i.e. , by the light of the moon) produced and distributed whiskey.
