prill means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
prill is pronounced /pɹɪl/.
Etymology
A variant of purl, 17th century.
noun
- a rill, a small stream“Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand”
- a spinning top
- 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.”
- rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
- A nugget of virgin metal.
- The button of metal from an assay.
verb
- to flow, spurt“the Thames, prillingfrom her naked breast”
- to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
- To grow sour.
- To become tipsy.
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