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Audio Help [ril] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a small rivulet or brook. |
[Origin: 1530–40; < D or LG; cf. Fris ril
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Audio Help [ril] Pronunciation Key –noun Astronomy.
| any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon. |
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[Low German rille or Dutch ril, running stream; see rei- in Indo-European roots.] |
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"small brook, rivulet," 1538, from Du. ril, Low Ger. rille "groove, furrow," probably from P.Gmc. *riðele (cf. O.E. rið, riþe "brook, stream," which survives only in obscure Eng. dialects), a diminutive form from PIE base *reie- "to run, flow" (see Rhine).
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| rill | |
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| 1. | a small stream [syn: rivulet] |
| 2. | a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion) |
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Rill\ (r[i^]l), n. [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. [root]11.]1. A very small brook; a streamlet. 2. (Astron.) See Rille.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Rill
Rill\, v. i. To run a small stream. [R.] --Prior.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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