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Gill
\Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
“Each Jack with his Gill.” --B. Jonson.
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2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (
Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
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3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
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Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
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Ivy
\I"vy\, n.; pl.
Ivies. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Hedera (
Hedera helix), common in
Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and
mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the
berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees
by rootlike fibers.
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Direct
The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton.
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Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton.
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American ivy. (Bot.) See
Virginia creeper.
English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy
proper (
Hedera helix).
German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
Senecio (
Senecio scandens).
Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (
Nepeta Glechoma).
Ivy bush. (Bot.) See
Mountain laurel, under
Mountain.
Ivy owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.
Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.
Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant (
Ampelopsis tricuspidata
), closely related to the Virginia creeper.
Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper (
Rhus Toxicodendron
), with trifoliate leaves, and
greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the
touch for most persons.
To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one
can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus
Marcgravia.
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Alehoof
\Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground
ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe
hedgehove, ground ivy,
“in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue,
haihoue, halehoue.” --Prior.]
Ground ivy (
Nepeta Glechoma).
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Cat's-foot
\Cat's`-foot\, n. (Bot.)
A plant (
Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip;
ground ivy.
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