What is the meaning of Gill?

  • (n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
  • (n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.
  • (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
  • (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
  • (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
  • (n.) A leech.
  • (n.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.
  • (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
  • (n.) A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
  • (n.) The flesh under or about the chin.
  • (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.
  • (n.) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
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APAWebster's. (2011). gill. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/gill/definitions/2012219
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MLAWebster's. "gill" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/gill/definitions/2012219>
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