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prill

verb, noun — 11 senses

prill

verb

/pɹɪl/

Etymology A variant of purl, 17th century.

1

to flow, spurt

  • the Thames, prillingfrom her naked breast1598, John Stow, A Survey of London:

prill

noun

Etymology A variant of purl, 17th century.

1

a rill, a small stream

  • Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand1603, John Davies, Microcosmos:
2

Obsolete a spinning top

prill

noun

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

1

a pellet, a granule, a small bead

  • Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.2000, R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries, page 275:
  • The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills, i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.2007, Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International, page 661:
2

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

3

Business, Mining A nugget of virgin metal.

4

The button of metal from an assay.

prill

verb

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

1

to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling

Synonyms
pelletize
Derived terms
prilling, prill sulfur

prill

noun
1

The brill, a kind of flatfish.

prill

verb
1

UK, Dialectal To grow sour.

2

UK, Dialectal To become tipsy.

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