rill

[ ril ]

/ rɪl /

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noun

a small rivulet or brook.

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Origin of rill

1530–40; <Dutch or Low German; compare Frisian ril

Words nearby rill

Riksmål, rile, riley, rilievo, Rilke, rill, rillet, rillettes, rim, Rima, rimaye

Other definitions for rill (2 of 2)

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or rille

[ ril ]

/ rɪl /

noun Astronomy.

any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon.

Origin of rill

1885–90; <German Rille;see rill¹

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How to use rill in a sentence

Others, though, trained on Lange-ian principles, will rill rise and fill the gap.
HIV’s Greatest Foe Went Down With MH17|Kent Sepkowitz|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This rill of water fell in graceful drops from the extremities of the long marine grasses, as from the ends of a length of hair.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
Other listeners had been attracted by the melody, but we stood in a shadow, near a rill that fell into the mere.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
O for a grotto frost-lined and rill-riven,Scooped in the rock under cataract vast!
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various

She leaves Cornwall at the end of the month and then goes to Florence, where she stays rill Easter or perhaps longer.
Passing By|Maurice Baring
The whole party now proceeded, following the course of the rill, keeping anxious eyes on the regular impressions.
The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for rill

rill

/ (rɪl) /

noun

a brook or stream; rivulet

a small channel or gulley, such as one formed during soil erosion

Also: rille one of many winding cracks on the moon

Word Origin for rill

C15: from Low German rille; related to Dutch ril

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