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As a verb prill is

to flow, spurt or prill can be to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling.

As a noun prill is

a rill, a small stream or prill can be a pellet, a granule, a small bead or prill can be the brill, a kind of flatfish.

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prill

English

Etymology 1

A variant of purl, 17th century.

Verb

(en verb)
  • to flow, spurt
  • (Stow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a rill, a small stream
  • (obsolete) a spinning top
  • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl "sheep-droppings" as a likely loan from English.

    Noun

    (wikipedia prill) (en noun)
  • a pellet, a granule, a small bead
  • *2000 , R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries , page 275
  • *:Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.
  • *2007 , Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International , page 661
  • *:The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills , i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.
  • rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
  • (mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
  • The button of metal from an assay.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
  • Synonyms
    * pelletize
    Derived terms
    * prilling * prill sulfur

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The brill, a kind of flatfish.
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