gill¹ /gil/

1. A membranous organ for breathing in water, usu in the form of a thin platelike or branched filamentous structure (zoology)
2. The wattle below the bill of a fowl
3. One of the radiating plates on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or toadstool
4. A projecting rib of a heating surface
5. The flesh round a person's jaw, as in green or white round the gills (ie sickly-looking)

1. To gut (fish)
2. To catch (fish) by the gills in a net

gill arch noun

(in fish) the incomplete jointed skeletal ring supporting a single pair of gill slits

gill cover noun

A fold of skin, usu with bony plates, protecting the gills

gill net noun

A type of fishing-net in which fish are caught by their gills

gill pouch noun

One of a pair of outgrowths on the wall of the pharynx, found in cyclostomes and present at the embryonic stage in all vertebrates, developing, in fish, into openings (gill slits) containing the gills

gill² /jil/

1. A small measure, having various values
2. In recent times = 1/4pint

gillˈ-house noun (obsolete)

A bar selling alcoholic drinks

gill³ or ghyll /gil/

1. A small ravine, a wooded glen
2. A brook

gill⁴ /jil/

1. A girl (also jill; obsolete)
2. A female ferret (also jill; informal or dialect)
3. A policewoman (slang)
4. Ground ivy (dialect)
5. Beer with an infusion of ground ivy (also gill ale, gill beer obsolete)

gillˈet or jillˈet noun (Scot)

A skittish, flighty, or loose young woman

gillˈflirt or jillˈflirt noun (archaic)

A wanton girl

gill⁵ /jil/ (dialect)

A two- or four-wheeled cart for carrying timber (also jill)

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