Dictionary entry

Trill

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Trill (?), v. i. [OE. trillen to roll, turn round; of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. trilla to roll, Dan. trilde, Icel. þyrla to whirl, and E. thrill. Cf. Thrill.] To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. Sir W. Scott.

And now and then an ample tear trilled down

Her delicate cheek. Shak.

Whispered sounds

Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. Glover.