BRILL

or Pkael {Elumbus vulgar is), a fish resembling the turbot, but inferior to it both in size and quality, and distinguished from it by its inferior breadth, and by the perfect smoothne of its skin, being devoid of bony tubercles. The brill is of a pale-brown colour above, marked by scattered yellowish or reddish spots, and covered with moderately sized scales. It is found on many parts of the British coast, and is particularly abundant in the English Channel, from which large quantities are sent to the London market. Though inferior in flavour BRILLIANT. to the turbot, See its Diamond. flesh is of good quality. ' BRIMSTONE. Sulphur, as first obtained, is generally mixed with foreign bodies, and for the purpose of purification is melted in a dose ve el, by which the impurities are allowed to subside. It is then poured, in the liquid state, into cylindrical moulds, in which it becomes hard, and is known in commerce by the name of roll brimstone. The roll brimstone of Italy and Sicily does not contain more than 3 per cent, of extraneous matter a. See Sulphur.