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gill en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”). Displaced native Old English ċīe.

Meanings

  1. A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
    • Fishes […] perform their respiration under water by the gills. 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
  2. (of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.
    • Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.
  3. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
  4. (qualifier:animal anatomy) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
  5. (figuratively) The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
    • dropsy fills you to the gills 1728, Jonathan Swift, Ballad on Ballyspellin:
  6. One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

Forms

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gills Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sixgill · to the gills · gill trama · pinkgill · gillless · gill arch · greengill · brittlegill · grease one's gills · rustgill · green gill · green about the gills · gill raker · gill bailer · sevengill · book gill · bluegill · rosegill

Relateds

lung

Synonyms

lamella · branchia

Translations (163)

bdr asang (breathing organ of fish) · af kief (breathing organ of fish) · pt fenda branquial exposta (gill cover; gill slit) · ast galla (breathing organ of fish) · sk lupeň (mushroom organ) · ga geolbhach (breathing organ of fish) · tr lamel (mushroom organ) · lo ເງີບ (breathing organ of fish) · hu lemez (mushroom organ) · la branchia (breathing organ of fish) · izh žaabrat (breathing organ of fish) · hu kopoltyú (breathing organ of fish) · lo ເກ (breathing organ of fish) · fi heltta (mushroom organ) · mk шкрга (breathing organ of fish) · vo ciel (breathing organ of fish) · cy crogen (breathing organ of fish) · oc brànquia (breathing organ of fish) · sh škȓgā (breathing organ of fish) · az qəlsəmə (breathing organ of fish) · fi kidukset (gill cover; gill slit) · pt lâmina (mushroom organ) · mvv asang (breathing organ of fish) · eu zakatz (breathing organ of fish) · kw brynk (breathing organ of fish) · ast branquia (breathing organ of fish) · ka ლაყუჩები (breathing organ of fish) · oc gaunha (breathing organ of fish) · ky бакалоор (breathing organ of fish) · gl branquia (breathing organ of fish) · kw brynken (breathing organ of fish) · uk жа́бри (breathing organ of fish) · nrf dginne (breathing organ of fish) · de Kiemenspalte (gill cover; gill slit) · lo ນາມ (breathing organ of fish) · myv зебра (breathing organ of fish) · mi pihapiha (breathing organ of fish) · mrw asang (breathing organ of fish) · fr branchie (breathing organ of fish) · es branquia (breathing organ of fish) · pt opérculo (gill cover; gill slit) · akl hasang (breathing organ of fish) · nn gjelle (breathing organ of fish) · as ফুল (breathing organ of fish) · gu ચૂંઈ (breathing organ of fish) · be жа́бры (breathing organ of fish) · mhr ношмо (breathing organ of fish) · sh шкр̏га (breathing organ of fish) · cmn 鰓 /鳃 (breathing organ of fish) · nl kieuw (breathing organ of fish) · de Lamelle (mushroom organ) · ast agalla (breathing organ of fish) · km តើក (breathing organ of fish) · sq verzë (breathing organ of fish) · as কল (breathing organ of fish) · mel aseang (breathing organ of fish) · cy tagell (breathing organ of fish) · tl agalya (breathing organ of fish) · br skouarn (breathing organ of fish) · sh listić (mushroom organ) · de Kiemendeckel (gill cover; gill slit) · ur گلپهڑا (breathing organ of fish) · my ပါးဟက် (breathing organ of fish) · br brenk (breathing organ of fish) · ar خَيْشُوم (breathing organ of fish) · lv žaunas (breathing organ of fish) · sne sangap (breathing organ of fish) · ang ċīe (breathing organ of fish) · ms insang (breathing organ of fish) · es agalla (breathing organ of fish) · ar غَلْصَمَة (breathing organ of fish) · he זים (breathing organ of fish) · bn ফুলকা (breathing organ of fish) · tk žabra (breathing organ of fish) · bcl asang (breathing organ of fish) · uz oyquloq (breathing organ of fish) · bg хри́ле (breathing organ of fish) · iba ansang (breathing organ of fish) · ilo asang (breathing organ of fish) · izh sokka (breathing organ of fish) · it lamella (mushroom organ) · mk жа́бра (breathing organ of fish) · gl gala (breathing organ of fish) · lnj amogh (breathing organ of fish) · fi kiduskansi (gill cover; gill slit) · ja(mushroom organ) · es laminilla (mushroom organ) · ch guasang (breathing organ of fish) · uk зя́бра (breathing organ of fish) · hi गलफड़ा (breathing organ of fish) · pl skrzele (breathing organ of fish) · hy խռիկ (breathing organ of fish) · el βράγχιο (breathing organ of fish) · fi kidus (breathing organ of fish) · id insang (breathing organ of fish) · ka ლაყუჩი (breathing organ of fish) · liv žnougõd (breathing organ of fish) · cs žábry (breathing organ of fish) · fr lamelle (mushroom organ) · grc βράγχιον (breathing organ of fish) · sib penga'am (breathing organ of fish) · cy cragen (breathing organ of fish) · fa آبشش (breathing organ of fish) · gd giùran (breathing organ of fish) · is tálkn (breathing organ of fish) · gl guerla (breathing organ of fish) · it branchia (breathing organ of fish) · cy tagell (mushroom organ) · ja(breathing organ of fish) · ja(breathing organ of fish) · et lõpused (breathing organ of fish) · ca brànquia (breathing organ of fish) · th เหงือก (breathing organ of fish) · sk žiabre (breathing organ of fish) · ceb hasang (breathing organ of fish) · sl škrge (breathing organ of fish) · ja えら (breathing organ of fish) · cs lupen (mushroom organ) · kk желбезек (breathing organ of fish) · tg ғалсама (breathing organ of fish) · hnn alik-alik (breathing organ of fish) · cy agen tagell (gill cover; gill slit) · hu sugárlemez (mushroom organ) · tr solungaç (breathing organ of fish) · ru жа́бры (breathing organ of fish) · nb gjelle (breathing organ of fish) · kmr avesîhk (breathing organ of fish) · kqr tangas (breathing organ of fish) · ar نَخْشُوش (breathing organ of fish) · msk asang (breathing organ of fish) · tsg hasang (breathing organ of fish) · ro branhie (breathing organ of fish) · fi kidukset (breathing organ of fish) · sv lamell (mushroom organ) · vi mang (breathing organ of fish) · bg ламела (mushroom organ) · pl blaszka (mushroom organ) · pt guelra (breathing organ of fish) · bew angsang (breathing organ of fish) · mr कल्ला (breathing organ of fish) · ko 아가미 (breathing organ of fish) · tl hasang (breathing organ of fish) · pt brânquia (breathing organ of fish) · pam asang (breathing organ of fish) · eo branko (breathing organ of fish) · ru гимениа́льная пласти́нка (mushroom organ) · be шчэ́лепы (breathing organ of fish) · fr ouïe (breathing organ of fish) · ka ჰიმენიალური შრე (mushroom organ) · fo tákn (breathing organ of fish) · da gælle (breathing organ of fish) · de Kieme (breathing organ of fish) · lo ກີ (breathing organ of fish) · sv gäl (breathing organ of fish) · rm brantscha (breathing organ of fish) · br lavnennig (mushroom organ) · ta செவுள் (breathing organ of fish) · af kieu (breathing organ of fish) · ko 주름 (mushroom organ) · ja(breathing organ of fish) · cy clawr tagell (gill cover; gill slit) · fi kidusrako (gill cover; gill slit) · ba айғолаҡ (breathing organ of fish)

wikidata: Q269345 · wikidata: Q132390

gill en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”). Displaced native Old English ċīe.

Meanings

  1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
    • She gutted and gilled the fish, then scaled it. 2014, Scott Tippett, Polaris, →ISBN, page 99:
    • As we had fish home in the icebox, when Bill led the fish up alongside, I leaned over the combing, gilled the fish with my fingers, slid out the hook and let go. The bass lay there for a moment, tired from the arch of the rod and the pull of the line. 1948, Oliver Hazard Perry Rodman, The Saltwater Fisherman's Favorite Four, page 166:
  2. (transitive) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
    • The intention is to gill the fish, so they are usually scared into the net by rowing one boat into the middle of the net circle and banging the oars on the boat bottom or splashing the water. 1994, G.D. Pickett, M.G. Pawson, Sea Bass: Biology, →ISBN, page 177:
    • Owing to the peculiar shape of the pompano and the relatively large mesh in the pompano gill nets, the fish are not caught by being actually gilled. 1898, Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, page 255:
    • In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled. The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port. 1971, Michael Culley, G. A. Kerkut, The Pilchard: Biology and Exploitation →ISBN, page 70
  3. (intransitive) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
    • Since the fine threads of the net usually are caught under the gill covers of the fish they are said to be "gilled." 1926, Walter Koelz, Fishing industry of the Great Lakes, page 556:
    • Also, when fish gilled there wasn't as much extra twine to tangle in, so they were easier to release from the net. 2010, Edward A. Perrine, Midnight Tracy, →ISBN, page 147:

Forms

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gilling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gills Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gilled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gilled Tense=Past lexicographic

gill en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English gille, from Old French gille (“a wine measure”), from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”).

Meanings

  1. Any of several units of volume, most of which are a quarter of a pint or near to that amount. ▸ A drink measure for spirits and wine, a quarter of an imperial pint or near to that amount, but varying regionally.
  2. (US, dated) Any of several units of volume, most of which are a quarter of a pint or near to that amount. ▸ A unit of measure equal to 4 US fluid ounces (half a cup, a quarter of a US pint), approximately 118 milliliters.
  3. (UK, archaic) A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.

Forms

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gills Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gillhouse · gill-ale · gillie

wikidata: Q1524385 · wikidata: Q1524385

gill en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A rivulet, small stream.
  2. (UK) A ravine.

Forms

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gills Number=Plur lexicographic
ghyll alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Rowlands Gill · Low Gill · Lowgill

gill en · NOUN · etymology 4

Etymology

Uncertain.

Meanings

  1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

Forms

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gills Number=Plur lexicographic

gill en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒɪl/

Etymology

Clipping of gillian, from the female name Gillian.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of jill (“a female ferret”).
    alt of jill
  2. (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton.
  3. (obsolete) A prostitute.
    • Gill comes from the Knight, that did so seek / To gaine her love; she's hir'd for a week. 1646, Humphrey Mill, “Section XXI”, in The Nights Search, Part 2, page 129:
  4. (obsolete) gill-over-the-ground: ground ivy.
  5. (obsolete) gill-ale: an ale made with ground ivy among its ingredients.

Forms

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gills Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gill-go-by-the-ground · flirt-gill · gillhouse · gill-over-the-ground

Synonyms

prostitute (prostitute) · promiscuous woman (promiscuous woman)

wikidata: Q162544

gill en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒɪl/

Etymology

Clipping of gillian, from the female name Gillian.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To act as a prostitute.
    • Comme proprement le fine of my Designs dey make; / Dam gilling Whore / Et Louis d'or 1719, Henry Playford, “Lewis Upon the Fret”, in Wit and Mirth: Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, page 72:

Forms

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gilling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gills Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gilled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gilled Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

prostitute oneself