Definition of Gilly

1. to transport on a type of wagon [v -LIED, -LYING, -LIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilly

gillies
gilliflower
gilliflowers
gilling
gillion
gillions
gillless
gillnet
gillnets
gillnetted
gillnetter
gillnetters
gillnetting
gills
gillulyite
gilly (current term)
gilly-flower
gilly-flowers
gillyflower
gillyflowers
gillying
gillyvor
gillyvors
gilmarite
gilour
gilours
gilpey
gilpeys
gilpies
gilpy

Literary usage of Gilly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"On 13 May 1820 gilly was collated to a prebendal stall in Durham Cathedral (LE NEVE ... gilly died at Norham on 10 Sept. 1855. He married, in December 1825, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1832)
"By WILLIAM STEPHEN gilly, MA, Prebendary of Durham, and Vicar of Norham. ... Mr. gilly has been wonderfully persevering in his efforts to demonstrate the ..."

3. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1809)
"Against sir gilly Merrick, Mr. Attorney urged first, That he «as (he man who fortified Essex-house against the queen's forces; and if God had not otherwise ..."

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