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Webster 1913 Edition

(rĭl)

Noun.

[Cf. LG.

rille

a small channel or brook, a furrow, a chamfer, OE.

rigol

a small brook, F.

rigole

a trench or furrow for water, W.

rhill

a row,

rhigol

a little ditch. √11.]

A very small brook; a streamlet.

(Astron.)

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Verb.

To run a small stream.

[R.]

Prior.

, n.

A small brook; a rivulet; a streamlet.

Verb.

to run in a small stream, or in streamlets.