prill

prill

See also: Prill

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

A variant of purl, 17th century.

Verb

prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)

1. to flow, spurt
   • 1598, John Stow, A Survey of London

     the Thames, prillingfrom her naked breast

Noun

prill (plural prills)

1. a rill, a small stream
   • 1603, John Davies, Microcosmos

     Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand

2. (obsolete) a spinning top

Etymology 2

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

Noun

prill (plural prills)

1. 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.

2. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
3. (mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
4. The button of metal from an assay.

Translations

a pellet, a granule

Bulgarian: топче (bg) n (topče), маниста f (manista) Catalan: grànul m, perdigó m Russian: гра́нула (ru) f (gránula)

a nugget of virgin metal

Catalan: palleta (ca) f Russian: саморо́док (ru) m (samoródok)

Verb

prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)

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

Synonyms

• pelletize

Derived terms

• prilling
• prill sulfur

Translations

to produce pellets

Russian: гранули́ровать (ru) (granulírovatʹ)

Noun

prill (plural prills)

1. The brill, a kind of flatfish.

Verb

prill (third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)

1. (intransitive, UK, dialect) To grow sour.
2. (intransitive, UK, dialect) To become tipsy.

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin Aprīlis. Compare popular Romanian prier (“April”), Aromanian aprir, prilj.

Noun

prill m (definite singular prilli)

1. April