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 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
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
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 Cable, George Washington
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
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