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rill (ril)

noun

a little brook; rivulet

Etymology: < Du ril or LowG rille < *ridula, dim. of Gmc base seen in OE rith, small stream

intransitive verb

to flow in or like a rill

rill Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pebble: At its center is a tranquil pool where water spills into pebbled rills which run throughout The Garden.
  • cross: Crossing a water rill, one passes through an arched doorway into the night garden.

Adjective modifier

  • numerous: Numerous rills run down the declivities, forming cascades, which are, however, generally devoid of beauty.
  • small: It is overhung on the east and north by frightful crags, from which it is fed by a number of small rills.
  • formal: The millenium garden features ponds, waterfalls and a formal rill which leads the eye to the magnificent valley and hills beyond.

Modifies a noun

  • water: This colonnade and rill water feature run under the building along the face of the adjacent Four Piccadilly Place line.

Noun used with modifier

  • water: Crossing a water rill, one passes through an arched doorway into the night garden.
rill Quotes

By cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows!

—Heber, Reginald

   The stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced the moon on Monan's rill.

—Scott, Sir Walter

For seasons change, And order, truth, and beauty range, Adjust, attract, and fill: The grass the polyanthus cheques; And polished porphyry reflects, By the descending rill.

—Smart, Christopher

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