brill
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
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A(braham) A(rden), 1874–1948, U.S. psychoanalyst and author, born in Austria.
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brill says that the Parks department dropped the charges and hired him to lead foraging tours for the next four years.
How to forage your way through your neighborhood | Ellen Airhart | September 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor now, brill will stick to the approach he’s figured out through trial and error, relying on his intuition about which gait feels best at any given moment.
Yes, Walking Is Sometimes Faster than Running Uphill | Alex Hutchinson | December 27, 2020 | Outside Onlinebrill’s next study, when pandemic, fire, and other disruptions permit, will involve trail runners walking, running, or choosing their own mix of the two while climbing an actual mountain.
Yes, Walking Is Sometimes Faster than Running Uphill | Alex Hutchinson | December 27, 2020 | Outside OnlineFor a competitive trail runner like brill, it would be nice to take away some practical insights about when to switch.
Yes, Walking Is Sometimes Faster than Running Uphill | Alex Hutchinson | December 27, 2020 | Outside OnlineAs it happens, brill and his colleagues have been researching this problem for several years, and a pair of recent studies offer some interesting new insights.
Yes, Walking Is Sometimes Faster than Running Uphill | Alex Hutchinson | December 27, 2020 | Outside Online
I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the brill Building.
brill went on to publish his piece in Time, where it won a National Magazine Award.
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple | James Kirchick | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny brill in court yesterday.
Did Pablo Escobar Frame a Millionaire for Murdering Banana-Shipping Money Launderers? | Jacqui Goddard | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe typically somber atmosphere at the bi-annual church convocation was punctuated by hollers, applause and a shout of “brill!”
Church of England Gets Female Bishops and a Conservative Backlash | Nico Hines | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd brill is a woman who was awarded the presidential National Medal of Technology and Innovation two years ago.
But she bought a small pulley as well as the ground connections which Mr. brill had in stock.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThere they remained until the gale abated, and then crossed the Channel to brill on the 30th.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport AdamsThere they seized the city of brill, and repulsed a Spanish force which strove to recapture it.
History of the English People | John Richard GreenMe, in the same galley with brill—who daren't go into his own clubs—and Ullivant, and a few more pretty nearly as bad!
The Title | Arnold BennettClose to leeward was the brill shoal, on which the van-ship of the French, now tacking, endeavoured to drive the Glatton.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for brill (1 of 2)
/ (brɪl) /
a European food fish, Scophthalmus rhombus, a flatfish similar to the turbot but lacking tubercles on the body: family Bothidae
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1British Dictionary definitions for brill (2 of 2)
/ (brɪl) /
British slang excellent or wonderful
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