*brill*

n. Brilliancy. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brilliant. ] The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It. See Brilliant, a. ] (Mus.) In a gay, showy, and sparkling style. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. brillant, p. pr. of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar, It. brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green color, Prov. It. brill. See Beryl. ] 1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents. [ 1913 Webster ]

Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits. Fisher Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished accomplishment in a field; -- as, a brilliant chemist. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- See Shining. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brillant. See Brilliant, a. ] 1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below. [ 1913 Webster ]

This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called Brilliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brillantine. See lst Brilliant. ] 1. An oily composition used to make the hair manageable and glossy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In a brilliant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brilliancy; splendor; glitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ CF. G. brille spectacles, D. bril, fr. L. berillus. See Brilliant. ] The hair on the eyelids of a horse. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., prawn. ] (Zool) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Man.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. fibrillæ [ NL. See Fibril. ] A minute thread or fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of of pertaining to fibrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with fibrils; fringed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]