rillet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rillet
Example Sentences
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Cocktails from about $13 and French bistro-inspired snacks like cheese plates, rillet and foie gras from about $12.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2020
I hear the red rillet as it flows into the rustic glass; I see the purple light upon the hills.
From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by Gissing, George
The wide river of a world's life, to which the rillet of her own small existence had been carelessly winding, was all at once clearly in sight.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
In this cool rillet I shall bathe His feet, Come, rounded pebbles from a smoother shore.
From Last Poems by Hope, Laurence
There lyeth a creeke of Ose, betweene two hilles, which deliuering a little fresh rillet into the sea, receyueth for recompence, a large ouerflowing of the salt water tides.
From The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Carew, Richard
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