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prill


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prill  \Prill\,  n.  [Cf.  {Brill}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  brill. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prill  \Prill\,  v.  i. 
  To  flow.  [Obs.]  --Stow. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prill  \Prill\,  n. 
  A  stream.  [Obs.]  --Davies  (Microcosmos). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prill  \Prill\,  n.  [Etymol.  uncertain.] 
  1.  (Mining) 
  a  A  nugget  of  virgin  metal. 
  b  Ore  selected  for  excellence. 
 
  2.  The  button  of  metal  from  an  assay. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brill  \Brill\,  n.  [Cf.  Corn.  brilli  mackerel,  fr  brith 
  streaked,  speckled.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  fish  allied  to  the  turbot  ({Rhombus  levis}),  much  esteemed 
  in  England  for  food;  --  called  also  {bret},  {pearl},  {prill}. 
  See  {Bret}.