\Vill\, n. [OF. ville, vile, a village, F. ville a town,
city. See {Villa}.]
A small collection of houses; a village. ``Every manor, town,
or vill.'' --Sir M. Hale.
      Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his
      matins sound for me.                     --Wordsworth.
Note: A word of various significations in English, law; as, a
      manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part
      of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill,
      in England, seems to have been derived from the Roman
      sense of the term villa, a single country residence or
      farm; a manor. Later, the term was applied only to a
      collection of houses more than two, and hence came to
      comprehend towns. Burrill. The statute of Exeter, 14
      Edward I., mentions entire-vills, demivills, and
      hamlets.