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brill
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of flat fish, late 15c., of unknown origin.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A type of flatfish, (taxlink Scophthalmus rhombus species noshow=1). Etymology 2
a. (context UK slang English) wonderful, clever, amusing. Denotes approval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool".
WordNet
n. European food fish [syn: Scophthalmus rhombus]
Wikipedia
Brill is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the boundary with Oxfordshire. It is about north-west of Long Crendon and south-east of Bicester. It has a Royal charter to hold a weekly market, but has not done so for many years.
Brill, Buckinghamshire, England is a village known for a nearby palace built by King Edward the Confessor.
Brill may also refer to:
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 slender bodies, brown covered with lighter and darker coloured flecks, excluding the tailfin; the underside of the fish is usually cream coloured or pinkish white. Like other flatfish the brill has the ability to match its colour to the surroundings. Brill are on average between 40 cm to 75 cm in length and weigh up 3 kg. Part of the dorsal fin of the fish is not connected to the fin membrane, giving the fish a frilly appearance. They are sometimes confused with the Turbot (Psetta maxima), which is more diamond-shaped. The two species are related and can produce hybrids. On the west coast of Canada local fisherman refer to the petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani, as brill.
Brill is a fairly uncommon family name, most seen in the Dutch language. People with the surname Brill include:
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.