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prill

/ prɪl /

verb

  1. tr to convert (a material) into a granular free-flowing form

noun

  1. prilled material

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prill1

C18: originally a Cornish copper-mining term, of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

The weight of the button is arrived at by comparing with the mean diameter of a standard prill of gold of known weight.

At the same time Paul Prill occupied himself in learning the Cornet piston with his father.

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