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prill.

to flow, spurt

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɹɪl/
  1. to flow, spurt

Where this word comes from

A variant of purl, 17th century.

noun/pɹɪl/
  1. a rill, a small stream

  2. a spinning top

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

A variant of purl, 17th century.

noun/pɹɪl/
  1. a pellet, a granule, a small bead

  2. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag

  3. A nugget of virgin metal.

  4. The button of metal from an assay.

Where this word comes from

Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English.

verb/pɹɪl/
  1. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling

Where this word comes from

Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English.

noun/pɹɪl/
  1. The brill, a kind of flatfish.

verb/pɹɪl/
  1. To grow sour.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
  2. To become tipsy.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
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