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neography (medicine)


neography


A new method or system of Writing.

Origin: Neo-.

Source: Websters Dictionary


rill(1) (iou)



rill noun. M16.
[Prob. of Low Dutch origin: cf. Low German ril(le), Dutch, East Frisian ril (whence German Rille). Cf. medieval Latin (Norman) rilla.]
A small stream; a rivulet. Also, a small temporary channel formed on the surface of soil or sand after rain or tidal ebb; such a channel or pattern of channels as preserved in rock by fossilization. M16.
transf.: D. Jacobson At these words rills of tears and blood ran..back into my nose and mouth. attrib.: B. W. Sparks In the wet season..the slope may be under the influence of concentrated rill action.
A small narrow furrow in which seeds are sown, a drill. Now dial. M17.
Astronomy. = RILLE. L19.
Phonetics. [Danish rille.] More fully rill spirant. A fricative produced by forcing air through a narrow aperture formed by the tongue and the roof of the mouth. E20.
rillet noun a small rill or rivulet M16.
rillock noun (rare) a rillet L19.
rilly adjective (now rare or obsolete) having many rills E18.