different between hully vs gully

English

Etymology

hull +? -y

Adjective

hully (comparative more hully, superlative most hully)

1. Having or containing hulls.

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)

1. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

   Synonym: gill

2. A small valley.
3. (Britain) A drop kerb.
4. A road drain.
5. (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

6. (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)

1. (obsolete) To flow noisily.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.

Etymology 2

From Scots gully, of unknown origin.

Noun

gully (plural gullies)

1. (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 […]

Further reading

• gully on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gullies And Other Knives

Scots

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Noun

gully (plural gullies)

1. large knife

   • God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap, / And owt of his scheith his gully owtgatt. (The Bannatyne Manuscript)