Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GILL
GILL, n.2 [Low L. gilla, gillo or gello, a drinking glass, a gill. This word has the same elementary letters as Gr. γαυλος, a pail or bucket, and Eng. gallon, probably from one of the roots in Gl, which signify to hold or contain.]
- A measure of capacity, containing the fourth part of a pint. It is said to be in some places in England, half a pint. Encyc.
- A measure among miners, equal to a pint. Carew.
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