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Synonyms for gill


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gil
Phonetic Transcription : gɪl

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Définition of gill

Origin :
  • "organ of breathing in fishes," early 14c., of unknown origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, e.g. Old Norse giolnar which perhaps means "gills;" Old Danish -gæln (in fiske-gæln "fish gill"). Related: Gills.
  • As in mouth : noun opening
  • As in race : noun stream, river
  • As in liquid measure : noun unit of capacity for liquids
  • As in wattle : noun framework
  • As in cheek : noun side of human face
  • As in countenance : noun appearance, usually of the face
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Gill had the house for eight years, and was the last landlord.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • Was it the backwater of my disgrace, I wonder, that has overwhelmed poor Gill?'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • The injury was too grave: Gill's life, as the doctor's certificate will prove, was in danger.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • Had she really leased the Barn to this man Gill: and if so, for what term?
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • Boil half-a-pound of lump sugar in a gill of water until melted.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • Nor could they collect in the canteen even a gill of water to take with them.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • A gill of cold-drawn castor-oil, added to the above, would be beneficial.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Mr. Gill describes one of these houses which was used as a residence.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various
  • They are chiefly caught on Lake Huron with gill nets and hooks.
  • Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
  • They are caught in seines, gill nets, trap nets, and with spears; never with hooks.
  • Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

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