Search for crossword answers and clues
First-class (informal) — fish
Answer for the clue "First-class (informal) — fish ", 5 letters:
brill
Alternative clues for the word brill
Word definitions for brill in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I think Newsome, Fairclough and Kelly have been playing brill . ▪ The C65 really does sound brill and even people that down Commodore reckon it sounds pretty nifty.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of flat fish, late 15c., of unknown origin.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The brill , Scophthalmus rhombus , is a species of flatfish in the turbot family (Scophthalmidae) of the order Pleuronectiformes . Brill can be found in the North Atlantic , Baltic Sea , and Mediterranean , primarily in deeper offshore waters. Brill have ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ( Rhombus levis ), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret , pearl , prill . See Bret . [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of brill.
When the sound of hoofs on the paved highway echoes back uphill, Lord Brill lets a smile cross his lips.
The right-hand side of the drawing illustrates the foundation outline, the left-hand side a frontal view as if seen from a tall oak, though Brill stands in the middle of a depression between the hills, empty except for the sorcerer and his players, and the heaps of stone on the south side.
Make her blonde and strong enough to turn Lord Brill into red dust himself.
Last fall, in the dry months, not that they have not all been dry, he had Brill raise a dam just beyond the pass road.
It was terrible, but not much worse than the couplets Brill had sung to cool the carriage.
Lord Brill, still in the blue velvet jacket and trousers, rose from a carved wooden chair, upholstered in a blue needlepoint.
Although she understood the striker, rather than fiddling with the device, Anna hummed the tune she and Brill had used to light the candles again.
As she pulled on the gown, she wondered if Brill were spying, then shook her head.
Still, the shapely Florehda indicated that Lord Brill probably had his pick of local young women.
The ninth glass found Anna in the dome building, standing beside Brill as she watched the players tune their instruments.
She could tell that Brill remained outside the practice room, and that bothered her.
But the writer was hinting at something that amounted to harmony, and nothing Brill had shown her had demonstrated anything that was effectively complete harmony.
Farinelli, and climbed into the saddle, trying to ignore the blazing sun and dust as she rode beside Brill and toward the hall.
Kvult, his Songmaster, Lord Brill, and the constant scrying of the Norweians, there have been more than a few incidences of discord.
In a world without modern birth control, if Brill had no children at his age, he probably never would have them.