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▪ I. † ˈrilling, n.1 Sc. Obs. Also 6 relyng, rylling. [var. of riveling1. Cf. rullion.] A shoe made of undressed hide. Also transf.
1508Dunbar Flyting 243 Rank beggar.., ruch rilling. 1513Douglas æneis vii. xii. 118 Ane rouch rylling of raw hyd and of hayr. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 268 The Scottis..Tha rouch rillingis..behind thame than left thair. 1570Henry's Wallace i. 219 Rouch rillingis [1489 rewlyngis] upon thi harlotis fete. c1700Kennet in MS. Lansd. 1033, fol. 323 b, The Scotch now call a Shoe that hath a sole with the hair to the ground a Rough Rilling. ▪ II. rilling, n.2 Archæol.|ˈrɪlɪŋ| [f. rill n.1 + -ing1.] Pottery decoration or marking of a rilled nature. Cf. rilled a.
1940C. F. C. Hawkes Prehist. Found. Europe iv. 98 There are straight or curving bands of rilling. 1957N. K. Sandars Bronze Age Cultures in France iii. 130 The rilling is close-set, lightly drawn with a blunt implement on the moist clay, leaving a noticeable ridge between the rills. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts i. 29 The presence on the inner and outer surfaces of pottery of fine horizontal grooves and ridges, called rilling, caused by the coarser particles in the clay body and irregularities of the potter's hands, is commonly held to be a certain indication that pottery was wheel-thrown. ▪ III. ˈrilling, vbl. n. [f. rill v.1] 1. The formation of a rill or runnel; a furrow or drill.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. ii. 50 Dyking, drayning,..rilling, brooking, riuaging, foording. 1725Family Dict. s.v. Springs, Smaller Fowl..that uses to feed in wet..Grounds, and amongst Water Furrows, or Rillings. 1975R. V. Ruhe Geomorphol. vi. 107/2 Rilling, a more effective erosion agent than sheet wash.., is a dominant process in hillslope reduction. 1978W. W. Emmett in M. J. Kirkby Hillslope Hydrol. v. 171 Rilling is generally considered to be evidence of more accelerated erosion than sheet erosion. 2. Flow in rills. rare.
1929R. Bridges Testament of Beauty i. 12 Valleys vocal with angelic rilling of rocky streams. |