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Rill vs Cill - What's the difference?

rill | cill |

As nouns the difference between rill and cill

is that rill is furrow, groove while cill is more usual spelling of sill when used in the context of an underwater horizontal member which forms the base of a lock gate on a canal or river.

rill

English

Noun

(wikipedia rill) (en noun)
  • A very small brook; a streamlet.
  • * 1797 , :
    • So twice five miles of fertile ground
    With walls and towers were girdled round:
    And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills ,
    Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
    And here were forests ancient as the hills,
    Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
  • (planetology)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To run a small stream.
    • (Prior)

    cill

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • More usual spelling of sill when used in the context of an underwater horizontal member which forms the base of a lock gate on a canal or river.
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