Gill
[gɪl] or [ɡɪl]
Definition
(noun.) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
(noun.) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
(noun.) a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces.
(noun.) a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters.
Inputed by Gustav--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
(n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.
(n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
(n.) The flesh under or about the chin.
(n.) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
(n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
(n.) A leech.
(n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
(n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.
(n.) A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
(n.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.
(n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Inputed by Angela
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Quarter of a pint.[2]. (Bot.) Alehoof, ground-ivy (Nepeta glechoma).
Editor: Pedro
Definition
n. a girl because of the commonness of the name Gillian cf. 'Jack and Jill:' ground-ivy: beer flavoured with ground-ivy.—n. Gill′-flirt a wanton girl.
n. a small ravine a wooded glen.—Also Ghyll.
n. one of the breathing organs in fishes and certain other aquatic animals: the flap below the bill of a fowl.
Editor: Spence
Examples
- If you are hungry, Mrs. Gill will give you something to eat here. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I also vanished, and she heard Mrs. Gill scream. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mrs. Gill supplies me with toast-and-water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Indeed and truly I have lost them again; and Mrs. Gill wants some money, and I have none, except this sixpence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When Mrs. Gill came back, she turned. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I blushed and hung my head before Mrs. Gill, when she ought to have been faltering confessions to me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mrs. Gill was still screaming when I came to my senses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I came here this morning with a view to beg of you---- You should have gone to Mrs. Gill; she is my almoner. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- About a gill of the sap accumulates in each cup in the course of a day, and it is then transferred to receiving vessels and taken to camp. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If female help is needed, call in my housekeeper, Mrs. Gill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A fish is a vertebrated animal that breathes by gills and can live only in water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its gills. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His gills looks rum; don't they? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His gills'll look rummer when he wakes; won't they? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was thought at first the creature was a whale, but later it was classified as a fish, for it breathed through gills of which there were five in number. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The young tadpole has branching external gills that wave in the water; then a gill cover grows back over them and forms a gill chamber. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The gills of crustaceans, such as the crabs which run about in the air, are protected by the gill-cover extensions of the back shell or carapace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Passed it up through his gills into his mouth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- During the rainy season these fish swim about and breathe by gills like any other fish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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