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English

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Etymology 1

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From or akin to West Frisian ril (“rill; a narrow channel”), Dutch ril (“rill; gully; trench; watercourse”), German Low German Rille, Rill (“a small channel; brook; furrow”), German Rille (“a groove; furrow”).

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Noun

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rill (plural rills)

  1. A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
    • 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
      [N]or yet beside the rill / Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he
    • 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, pages 55–56:
      So twice five miles of fertile ground / With walls and towers were girdled round: / And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, / Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree; / And here were forests ancient as the hills, / And folding sunny spots of greenery.
    • 1860, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Essay III. Wealth.”, in The Conduct of Life, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 101:
      The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo; as if, after expense has been fixed at a certain point, then new and steady rills of income, though never so small, being added, wealth begins.
    • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 89:
      Sago trees here cover the mountain side, instead of growing as usual in low swamps; but a closer examination shows that they grow in swampy patches, which have formed among the loose rocks that cover the ground, and which are kept constantly full of moisture by the rains, and by the abundance of rills which trickle down among them.
    • 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 53:
      "Most of them don't wash. Those who do usually plunge their head into some brook or rill, if there happens to be one about."
    • 1955, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King:
      Light grew, and lo! the Company passed through another gateway, high-arched and broad, and a rill ran out beside them; and beyond, going steeply down, was a road between sheer cliffs, knife-edged against the sky far above.
  2. (planetology) Alternative form of rille.
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Verb

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rill (third-person singular simple present rills, present participle rilling, simple past and past participle rilled)

  1. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
    • 1862, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Il Mystico, 81-86:
      And fainter, finer, trickle far
      To where the listening uplands are;
      To pause—then from his gurgling bill
      Let the warbled sweetness rill,
      And down the welkin, gushing free,
      Hark the molten melody;
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 158:
      Alladad Khan was panting hard, soaked in sweat, and his rolled-up sleeve was all blood, blood rilling down his arm.
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Etymology 2

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A stylized variant of real prevalent in hip-hop.

Adjective

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rill

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Real.
    Coordinate term: rillest

Irish

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Etymology

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Verb

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rill (present analytic rilleann, future analytic rillfidh, verbal noun rilleadh, past participle rillte)

  1. (transitive) riddle, sieve, sift
  2. (transitive) pour (as from sieve)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of rill (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present rillim rilleann tú;
rillir† 		rilleann sé, sí rillimid; rilleann muid rilleann sibh rilleann siad;
rillid† 		a rilleann; a rilleas rilltear
past rill mé; rilleas rill tú; rillis rill sé, sí rilleamar; rill muid rill sibh; rilleabhair rill siad; rilleadar a rill rilleadh
past habitual rillinn rillteá rilleadh sé, sí rillimis; rilleadh muid rilleadh sibh rillidís; rilleadh siad a rilleadh rilltí
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future rillfidh mé;
rillfead 		rillfidh tú;
rillfir† 		rillfidh sé, sí rillfimid;
rillfidh muid 		rillfidh sibh rillfidh siad;
rillfid† 		a rillfidh; a rillfeas rillfear
conditional rillfinn rillfeá rillfeadh sé, sí rillfimis; rillfeadh muid rillfeadh sibh rillfidís; rillfeadh siad a rillfeadh rillfí
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go rille mé;
go rillead† 		go rille tú;
go rillir† 		go rille sé, sí go rillimid;
go rille muid 		go rille sibh go rille siad;
go rillid† 		— go rilltear
past dá rillinn dá rillteá dá rilleadh sé, sí dá rillimis;
dá rilleadh muid 		dá rilleadh sibh dá rillidís;
dá rilleadh siad 		— dá rilltí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— rillim rill rilleadh sé, sí rillimis rilligí;
rillidh† 		rillidís — rilltear
past participle rillte
verbal noun rilleadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

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  • rilleán m (“riddle, coarse sieve”)

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