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{{also|Prill}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pɹɪl/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prill.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪl|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
A variant of {{m|en|purl}}, 17th century.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# to flow, spurt
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1598|author=w:John Stow|title=A Survey of London
|passage=the Thames, '''prilling'''from her naked breast}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# a [[rill]], a small stream
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1603|author=John Davies|title=Microcosmos
|passage=Each silver '''Prill''' gliding on golden Sand}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} a spinning top

===Etymology 2===
{{unk|en}}. OED mentions {{cog|kw|pryl||sheep-droppings}} as a likely loan from English.

====Noun====
{{wikipedia}}
{{en-noun}}

# a pellet, a granule, a small bead
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=R. R. Fullwood|title=Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries|pageurl=http://books.google.ru/books?id=CAUuWcTmNrQC&lpg=PA275&dq=prills&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q=prills&f=false|page=275
|passage='''Prills''' are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Stan A. David|title=Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International|page=661
|passage=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
# {{lb|en|mining}} A [[nugget]] of [[virgin]] [[metal]].
# The [[button]] of [[metal]] from an [[assay]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a pellet, a granule}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|топче|n}}, {{t|bg|маниста|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|grànul|m}}, {{t|ca|perdigó|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гра́нула|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a nugget of virgin metal}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|palleta|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|саморо́док|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|pelletize}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|prilling}}
* {{l|en|prill sulfur}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to produce pellets}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гранули́ровать}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[brill]], a kind of flatfish.

===Etymology 4===

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|UK|dialect}} To grow [[sour]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive|UK|dialect}} To become [[tipsy]].

{{C|en|Flatfish}}

==Albanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|sq|VL.|-}}, from {{der|sq|la|Aprīlis}}. Compare popular {{cog|ro|prier||April}},  {{cog|rup|aprir}}, {{m|rup|prilj}}.

===Noun===
{{sq-noun|m||prilli}}

# [[April]]

====See also====
* {{list:Gregorian calendar months/sq}}