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Traditional English :: gull(1)
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gullotine.html - n. any of various long-winged web-footed sea birds of the family Laridae, usu. having white plumage with a mantle varying from pearly-grey to black, and a bright bill. gullery n. (pl. -ies). [ME ult. f. OCelt.] |
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Traditional English :: gull(2)
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gullotine.html - v.tr.
(usu. in passive; foll. by into) dupe, fool. [perh. f. obs. gull yellow f. ON gulr] |
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Traditional English :: Gullah
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gullotine.html - n. 1 a member of a Negro people living on the coast of S. Carolina or the nearby sea islands. 2 the Creole language spoken by them. [perh. a shortening of Angola, or f. a tribal name Golas] |
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Traditional English :: gullet
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gullotine.html - n. 1 the food-passage extending from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus. 2 the throat. [ME f. OF dimin. of go(u)le throat f. L gula] |
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Traditional English :: gullible
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gullotine.html - adj. easily persuaded or deceived, credulous. gullibility n. gullibly adv. [GULL(2) + -IBLE] |
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Traditional English :: gully
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gullotine.html - n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies)
1 a water-worn ravine.
2 a deep artificial channel; a gutter or drain.
3 Austral. & NZ a river valley.
4 Cricket a the fielding position between point and slips. b a fielder in this position. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 form (channels) by water action.
2 make gullies in. gully-hole an opening in a street to a drain or sewer. [F goulet bottle-neck (as GULLET)] |
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