English

Verb

prill ‎(third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)

1. to flow, spurt

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Stow to this entry?)

Noun

prill ‎(plural prills)

1. a rill, a small stream

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Davies (Microcosmos) to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) a spinning top

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl "sheep-droppings" as a likely loan from English.

Noun

prill ‎(plural prills)

1. a pellet, a granule, a small bead
   • 2000, R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries, page 275

     Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.

   • 2007, Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International, page 661

     The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills, i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.

2. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
3. (mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
4. The button of metal from an assay.

Translations

Verb

prill ‎(third-person singular simple present prills, present participle prilling, simple past and past participle prilled)

1. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling

Translations

Synonyms

• pelletize

Derived terms

• prilling
• prill sulfur

Etymology 3

Noun

prill ‎(plural prills)

1. The brill, a kind of flatfish.

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Aprīlis. Compare popular Romanian prier ‎(“April”), Aromanian aprir, prilj.

Noun

prill m

1. April