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prill

/ prɪl /

verb

  1. tr to convert (a material) into a granular free-flowing form
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. prilled material
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prill1

C18: originally a Cornish copper-mining term, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

The weight of the button is arrived at by comparing with the mean diameter of a standard prill of gold of known weight.

At the same time Paul Prill occupied himself in learning the Cornet piston with his father.

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