Gill ale. (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy. (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
Gill"-flirt` (?), n. A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. Sir W.
Scott.
Gill"house`, n. A shop where gill is sold.
Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn.
Pope.
Gil"li*an (?), n. [OE. Gillian, a woman's name, for Julian, Juliana.
Cf. Gill a girl.] A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
{ Gil"lie Gil"ly } (?), n. [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.] A boy or
young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands.
Sir W. Scott.
Gil"ly*flow`er (?), n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre,
girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflÈe gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. &?;
clove tree; &?; nut + &?; leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus,
July- flower.] (Bot.) 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink
(Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana),
a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish,
but often pink or white.
2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color,
and having a large core.
[Written also gilliflower.]
Clove gillyflower, the clove pink. -- Marsh gillyflower, the ragged
robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). -- Queen's, or Winter, gillyflower,
damewort. -- Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). -- Wall
gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri). -- Water gillyflower,
the water violet.