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rill

1

[ ril ]

noun

  1. a small rivulet or brook.


rill

2
or rille

[ ril ]

noun

Astronomy.
  1. any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon.

rill

/ °ùɪ±ô /

noun

  1. a brook or stream; rivulet
  2. a small channel or gulley, such as one formed during soil erosion
  3. Alsorille one of many winding cracks on the moon
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rill1

1530–40; < Dutch or Low German; compare Frisian ril

Origin of rill2

1885–90; < German Rille; rill 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rill1

C15: from Low German rille ; related to Dutch ril
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And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,

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My filly’s whinny, timid trill: I’m sitting by this icy rill, In wintry, frigid wild?

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Past gardens have included impressive boulder-strewn waterfalls, trickling rills and reflective ponds.

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All this lethal offal seeped and oozed into the ground, into the rills and runnels that flowed beneath our town, where we all drank well-water.

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Water, and lack of water, is a recurring theme, represented by two ponds connected by a dry rill.

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