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Webster 1913 Edition


Brill

Brill

,
Noun.
[Cf. Corn.
brilli
mackerel, fr.
brith
streaked, speckled.]
(Zool.)
A fish allied to the turbot (
Rhombus levis
), much esteemed in England for food; – called also
bret
,
pearl
,
prill
. See
Bret
.