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GillGill Gill, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
``Each Jack with his Gill.' --B. Jonson.
2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof. Gill
Gill Gill, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]
GillGill Gill, n.
A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] --Jameison. Gill
Gill Gill, n. [Icel. gil.]
A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
GillGill Gill, n. [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine,
LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.]
A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint. GillGill Gill, n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g["a]l,
Icel. gj["o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
--Ray.
Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
exposed to the action of the air contained in the
water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
invertebrates they occupy various situations.
2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
under surface of a mushroom.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
fowl; a wattle.
4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
needles. --Ure.]
Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as Branchial
arches.
Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under
Branchial.
Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum.
Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
--Knight.
Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and
below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or
progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
carried into gill cavities.
Meaning of Gilled from wikipedia
- A gill (/ɡɪl/ (listen)) is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide. The...
- The gilled lungfish (Protopterus amphibius), also known as the East African lungfish, is a species of African lungfish. It is found in the swamps and flood...
- The Gilled Antelope (or Gilled Deer), claimed under the cl****ification of "Cetaformia anthalopus", is a false species. This species was rumored to be either...
- interpretation in 1753 when Linnaeus used the generic name Agaricus for gilled mushrooms. Most species of agarics are within orders of and describe the...
- Adrian Anthony Gill (28 June 1954 – 10 December 2016) was an English writer and critic. Best known for food and travel writing, he was The Sunday Times'...
- The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms (for their distinctive gills) or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms...
- each gill arch (except the hyoid), which leads to there being three pairs of external gills in salamanders, and four in the gilled larvae of lungfish....
- Shubman Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket and for the Kolkata Knight Riders in...
- Phylloporus pelletieri, commonly known as the golden-gilled bolete, is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. The species was first described by...
- was originally believed that all gilled fungi were Agaricales, but as fungi were studied in more detail, some gilled species were demonstrated not to...
