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
The haymakers were forth and gone, And every rillet laughed and shone.
From Lyrics of Earth by Archibald Lampman
Ramsey clutched the old man's arm, pressed curls and brow against it, and laughed in a rillet of pure silver.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
Beside the marge of this fair fountain stood A maiden trancëd with its melting sound, For rillet murmurs are to pensive mood Sweet as the rain-drops to the thirsty ground.
From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Walter Richard Cassels
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 Richard Carew
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