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Definition of Rills
1. rill [v] - See also: rill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rills
Literary usage of Rills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1892)
"Both these rills show bright edges (walls) and seem, therefore, to be real. ...
These rills should be verified either on other plates (not now available) or ..."
2. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"Floats into Lakes, and bubbles into rills; Tasso 54. Rime. Thrice he traced the
runic rhyme; Odin 22. uncouth rhime and shapeless sculpture El. Mas. ..."
3. Geography and Geology of Minnesota by Christopher Webber Hall (1903)
"rills, brooks, rivulets and rivers are streams with varying volume of running water.
... Drops run together, and as they trickle down, rills are formed. ..."
4. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"The lunar valleys include formations as remarkable as the long banks described
above,—viz., the clefts or rills, furrows extending with perfect ..."
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