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- noun Plural form of
prill .
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Examples
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Beeswax yellow prills twist up tubes chapstick tubes daisy pots lip safe mica (for shimmer)
Chocolate Lip Balm, Day One Anne-Marie 2007
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Beeswax yellow prills twist up tubes chapstick tubes daisy pots lip safe mica (for shimmer)
Archive 2007-08-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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Then another find: traces of the rare gel-like coating that later matched the prills he had found on Nichols's porch.
Judgment Day 2008
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It is sensitive to detonation from 2% to 12% at which point the prills are saturated and will not hold anymore oil.
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Fuse in the same crucible, and, when tranquil, pour; quench, and pick out the prills of metal.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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The standard prills used in the comparison should not differ much in size from the prills to be determined.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Several standard prills of the same size should be made at the same time, and their mean diameter calculated.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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With ores containing "metallics" it is of great importance to powder the whole of the selected sample without loss during the process; and of even greater importance to well mix the sifted portion, of which the last portions to come through the sieve are apt to be more than ordinarily rich through the grinding down of some portions of the metallic prills.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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But there are other ores, in lump showing no visible gold, which contain the gold in all possible degrees of fineness, from say prills of a milligram or so down to a most impalpable powder.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Its miniature prills deliver even fertilizer distribution, promoting uniform results and better root development.
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