Definition of Gill

  • (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.

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