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–noun

1.	the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.

2.	Also called lamella. one of the radiating vertical plates on the underside of the cap of an agaric mushroom.

3.	ground ivy.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to gut or clean (fish).

—Idioms

5.	to catch (fish) by the gills in a gill net.

6.	green or white around the gills, somewhat pale, as from being sickly, nervous, or frightened: When he heard how much the bill was, he looked a little green around the gills.

7.	to the gills, Informal. fully; completely; totally: After that big meal we were all stuffed to the gills.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME gile < Scand; cf. ON gjǫlnar < *gelnō; c. Swed gäl, Dan gælle, Norw gjelle gill

]

—Related forms

gill-less, adjective

gill-like, adjective

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gill2

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–noun

a unit of liquid measure equal to ¹/₄ pint (118.2937 ml).

[Origin: 1225–75; ME gille < OF: vat, tub < LL gello, gillo water pot

]

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–noun British.

1.	a deep rocky cleft or wooded ravine forming the course of a stream.

2.	a stream; brook; rivulet.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME gille < ON gil

]

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gill4

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–noun

a girl or young woman; sweetheart.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME gil(le) generic use of Gil(le), short form of Gillian; see Gillian

]

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1.	a faller used in the combing process, generally for only the highest-quality fibers.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to comb (fibers) with a gill.

[Origin: 1830–40; perh. special use of gill¹

]

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–noun

1.	a male given name.

2.	a female given name.

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n.

Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that breathe water to obtain oxygen, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged.
1. The wattle of a bird. Often used in the plural.
2. gills Informal The area around the chin and neck.
Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.

v. gilled, gill·ing, gills

v. tr.

To catch (fish) in a gill net.
To gut or clean (fish).

v. intr.
To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.

[Middle English gile, of Scandinavian origin.]

gilled adj.

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gill² Audio Help (jĭl) Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. gi or gi.

A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¹/₄ of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).
A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to ¹/₄ of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See Table at measurement.

[Middle English gille, from Old French, wine measure, from Late Latin gillō, vessel for cooling liquids.]

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gill³ Audio Help (gĭl) Pronunciation Key
n. Chiefly British

A ravine.
A narrow stream.

[Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.]

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gill⁴ also jill or Gill Audio Help (jĭl) Pronunciation Key
n. A girl, often one's sweetheart.

[Middle English gille, from Gille, a woman's name.]

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gill (1)

"organ of breathing in fishes," c.1300, from O.N. giolnar "gills;" O.Dan. -gæln (in fiske-gæln "fish gill").

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gill (2)

"liquid measure" (commonly a half-pint), 1275, from O.Fr. gille "a wine measure," from M.L. gillo "earthenware jar," of uncertain origin.

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Gill

fem. proper name, see Jill.

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gill
noun
1.	a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
2.	a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
3.	any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
4.	respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

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gill1 [gil] noun

one of the openings on the side of a fish's head through which it breathes

Arabic:	خَيْشوم
Chinese (Simplified):	鳃, 腮
Chinese (Traditional):	鰓
Czech:	žábry
Danish:	gælle
Dutch:	kieuw
Estonian:	lõpus(ed)
Finnish:	kidus
French:	ouïes (pl.)
German:	die Kieme
Greek:	βράγχιο
Hungarian:	kopoltyú
Icelandic:	tálkn
Indonesian:	insang
Italian:	branchia

Japanese:	えら
Korean:	아가미
Latvian:	žauna
Lithuanian:	žiaunos
Norwegian:	gjelle
Polish:	skrzele
Portuguese (Brazil):	brânquia, guelra
Portuguese (Portugal):	guelra
Romanian:	branhii
Russian:	жабра
Slovak:	žiabra
Slovenian:	škrga
Spanish:	branquia, agalla
Swedish:	gäl
Turkish:	solungaç

gill2 [gil] noun

a leaf-like structure on the lower side of the top of a mushroom

Arabic:	ورقة الفِطر
Chinese (Simplified):	菌褶
Chinese (Traditional):	菌褶
Czech:	lupeny
Danish:	skive
Dutch:	lamel
Estonian:	seeneliistak
Finnish:	heltta
French:	lamelle
German:	die Lamelle
Greek:	ακτινωτό φύλλο της κάτω επιφάνειας μανιταριού
Hungarian:	sugárlemez
Icelandic:	blað eða rif
Indonesian:	bagian bawah dari jamur
Italian:	lamella

Japanese:	きのこのひだ
Korean:	균습
Latvian:	(sēnes) lapiņa
Lithuanian:	lakšteliai
Norwegian:	skive
Polish:	blaszka
Portuguese (Brazil):	lamela
Portuguese (Portugal):	lamela
Romanian:	lamelă
Russian:	гимениальная пластинка
Slovak:	lupeň, riasa
Slovenian:	podgobje
Spanish:	lamela
Swedish:	skiva, lamell
Turkish:	mantar altı levhacıkları

See also: gill cover

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The organ that enables most aquatic animals to take dissolved oxygen from the water. It consists of a series of membranes that have many small blood vessels. Oxygen passes into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide passes out of it as water flows across the membranes.
One of the thin strips of tissue on the underside of the cap of many species of basidiomycete fungi. Gills produce the spore-bearing structures known as basidia.

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Gal"lon\, n. [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr. galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. Gill a measure.] A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

Note: The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon. The beer gallon, now little used in the United States, contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at 62? of Fahrenheit, and barometer at 30 inches, equal to 277.274 cubic inches.

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Ghyll\, n. A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Wordsworth.

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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.

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Gill

Gill\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]

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Gill\, n. A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] --Jameison.

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Gill\, n. [Icel. gil.] A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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