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▪ I. † scintill, n. Obs. or arch.
Also 7 syntille, 7, 9 scintil.
Anglicized form of scintilla.
1599in Archpriest Controv. (Camden) I. 158 This gentleman, in whome..neuer scintill of disloyalty..did once lurke. 1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings xiii. 128 The scintil from the flint-stone. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 55 Some little scintils of Love. 1860C. Sangster Hesperus, etc. 26 No scintil of their [the stars'] jewelled flame.
▪ II. † scintill, v. Obs.
[ad. F. scintiller or L. scintillāre, f. scintilla (see next).]
intr. To sparkle.
1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 150 His breast so filled was with ire, That's eyes both sparkled and scintilled. |