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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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gory
English
Etymology
From gore +? -y. Compare Middle English güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?????.i/
- Rhymes: -??ri
Adjective
gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest)
- covered with blood, very bloody
- (informal) unpleasant
- Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.
Translations
Anagrams
- Gy?r, gyro, gyro-, ogry, orgy
Lower Sorbian
Noun
gory
- Superseded spelling of góry.
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