Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prill"
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}.
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