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gully
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?l'?, IPA(key): /???li/
- Rhymes: -?li
Etymology 1
From Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”).
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- Synonym: gill
- A small valley.
- (Britain) A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- Synonym: box
- (Britain) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Alternative forms
- gulley
Related terms
- gullet
- gully gut
- gully hole
Descendants
- ? German: Gully
Translations
Verb
gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)
- (obsolete) To flow noisily.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Etymology 2
From Scots gully, of unknown origin.
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:
- With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another […]
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:
Further reading
- gully on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gullies And Other Knives
Scots
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- large knife
- God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap, / And owt of his scheith his gully owtgatt. (The Bannatyne Manuscript)
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gally
English
Etymology 1
Noun
gally (plural gallies)
- Archaic form of galley.
- 1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 200:
- In the Year 1746, an Indian of Buenos Ayres having been condemned to the Gallies at Cadiz, proposed to the Governor to purchase his Liberty by exposing his Life at a public Festival.
- 1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 200:
Etymology 2
From gall +? -y.
Adjective
gally (comparative more gally, superlative most gally)
- Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXV:
- For by the Dart, which is likewise a pipe, is made a deep passage into the skin, and then by the anger of the Fly, is his gally poisonous liquor injected […].
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXV:
Etymology 3
See gallow (transitive verb).
Verb
gally (third-person singular simple present gallies, present participle gallying, simple past and past participle gallied)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To frighten; to worry.
- April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden
- The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]
- April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden
Etymology 4
gal +? -y
Noun
gally (plural not attested)
- Diminutive of gal (“girl”)
Synonyms
- girlie
References
Anagrams
- gyall
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???j?]
- Rhymes: -?j?
Noun
gally (plural gallyak)
- twig
Declension
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
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