prill

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• v. to flow, spurt
• n. a rill, a small stream
• n. a spinning top
• n. a pellet, a granule, a small bead
• n. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
• n. A nugget of virgin metal.
• n. The button of metal from an assay.
• v. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. The brill.
• intransitive v. To flow.
• n. A stream.
• n.
• n. A nugget of virgin metal.
• n. Ore selected for excellence.
• n. The button of metal from an assay.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• To flow with a murmuring sound; purl.
• n. A child's whirligig.
• n. A small stream of water.
• To pierce.
• n. Same as brill.
• n. A small bit or quantity.
• n. In mining, the better parts of ore from which inferior pieces have been separated; a nugget of virgin metal.
• n. A button or globule of metal obtained by assaying a specimen of ore in the cupel.
• To turn sour.
• To get tipsy.