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jill
We have found lemma(root) word of jill : gill.
Definitions
[ɡɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the paired respiratory organ of fish and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx
- the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools
- the wattles or dewlap of a domestic fowl
Phrases:
- green around the gills
- to the gills
Origin
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Middle English: from Old Norse
[ɡɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- gut or clean (a fish)
- catch (a fish) in a gill net
Phrases:
- green around the gills
- to the gills
Origin
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Middle English: from Old Norse
[dʒɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English: from Old French gille ‘measure or container for wine’, from late Latin gillo ‘water pot’
[ɡɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a deep ravine, especially a wooded one
- a narrow mountain stream
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English: from Old Norse gil ‘deep glen’. The spelling ghyll was introduced by Wordsworth
[dʒɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a female ferret
- used to typify an ordinary woman
(e.g: they're just two regular Jills living in LA)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: abbreviation of the given name Gillian
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