As used in the United States Internal revenue laws, this term is not confined to a person who runs spirits through charcoal, but is applied to any one who rectifies or purifies spirits In any manner what-ever, or wbo makes a mixture of spirits with anything else, and sells it under any name. Quantity of Distilled Spirits, 3 Ben. 73, Fed. Cos. No. 11,494
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
