prill

Meanings

1. to flow, spurt

1. a rill, a small stream
2. a spinning top

1. a pellet, a granule, a small bead
2. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
3. A nugget of virgin metal.
4. The button of metal from an assay.

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

1. The brill, a kind of flatfish.

1. To grow sour.
2. To become tipsy.

1. A surname.

Etymology

A variant of purl, 17th century.