prill
See also: Prill
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
A variant of purl, 17th century.
Verb edit
prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)
- to flow, spurt
- 1598, John Stow, A Survey of London:
- the Thames, prillingfrom her naked breast
Noun edit
prill (plural prills)
- a rill, a small stream
- 1603, John Davies, Microcosmos:
- Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand
- (obsolete) a spinning top
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English.
Noun edit
prill (plural prills)
- a pellet, a granule, a small bead
- 2000, R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries, page 275:
- Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.
- 2007, Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International, page 661:
- The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills, i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.
- rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
- (mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
- The button of metal from an assay.
Translations edit
a pellet, a granule
a nugget of virgin metal
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Verb edit
prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)
- to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to produce pellets
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
prill (plural prills)
- The brill, a kind of flatfish.
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)
- (intransitive, UK, dialect) To grow sour.
- (intransitive, UK, dialect) To become tipsy.
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin Aprīlis. Compare popular Romanian prier (“April”), Aromanian aprir, prilj.
Noun edit
prill m (definite prilli)