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rill

noun
/ɹɪl/

Etymology

From or akin to West Frisian ril (“rill; a narrow channel”), Dutch ril (“rill; gully; trench; watercourse”), German Low German Rille, Rill (“a small channel; brook; furrow”), German Rille (“a groove; furrow”).

  1. derived from Rille — “a groove; furrow”
  2. derived from ril — “rill; gully; trench; watercourse”
  3. derived from ril — “rill; a narrow channel”

Definitions

  1. A very small brook

    A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.

    • [N]or yet beside the rill / Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he

  2. Alternative form of rille.

  3. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.

    • And fainter, finer, trickle far To where the listening uplands are; To pause—then from his gurgling bill Let the warbled sweetness rill, And down the welkin, gushing free, Hark the molten melody;
    • Alladad Khan was panting hard, soaked in sweat, and his rolled-up sleeve was all blood, blood rilling down his arm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA