Definitions for the word "gill" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The flesh under or about the chin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A leech.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
(usu. In pl.) 1 respiratory organ in a fish etc. 2 vertical radial plate on the underside of a mushroom etc. 3 flesh below a person''s jaws and ears. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. n.
Unit of liquid measure equal to 1/4 pint. [french]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
15. n.
(also ghyll) 1 deep usu. Wooded ravine. 2 narrow mountain torrent. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
16. slang
or JILL, a homely woman; “Jack and Gill,” &c.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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