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"Gill" Definition

noun

A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 1/4 of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).
A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 1/4 of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
Chiefly British A narrow stream.
Chiefly British A ravine.

verb-intransitive

To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.

verb-transitive

To catch (fish) in a gill net.
To gut or clean (fish).

idiom

To the gills Informal As full as possible; completely.

verb

To become entangled in a gill net.
Gut or clean (a fish).
Catch (a fish) in a gill net.

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