brill
noun
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
brills
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pluralof brill.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Dories, smelts, pike, perch, holibets, brills, carp, salmon trout, barbel, gudgeons, tench, shellfish.—Vegetables.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Once through the gap, experienced men gather the logs, as they are floated downward by the current, into brills.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom
