Definition of Gillies

1. Noun. (plural of gillie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gillies

1. gillie [n] - See also: gillie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gillies

gillaroos
gilled
giller
gillers
gillespite
gillet
gillets
gillhouse
gillhouses
gilli-flower
gilli-flowers
gillian
gillie
gillie gilly
gillied
gillies (current term)
gilliflower
gilliflowers
gilling
gillion
gillions
gillless
gillnet
gillnets
gillnetted
gillnetter
gillnetters
gillnetting
gills
gillulyite

Literary usage of Gillies

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)
"1747, was the eldest son in the large family of Robert gillies, ... John gillies was educated at Brechin, and at Glasgow University under Leechman and Moore ..."

2. Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott, David Douglas (1894)
"The Glasgow bookseller also gives it to Mr. gillies,1 so we are quite satisfied. . . . 1 Mr. Robert P. gillies. ..."

3. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"We have not seen Dr. gillies' specimens from the eastern side of the Andes ... Ascent from Portezuelo, Domo del Imperial, Andes of Mendoza, Dr. gillies. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1830)
"(a) The agreement between gillies and the Plaintiffs constituted the latter, not partners in the adventure, but only sub- partners: and their right to an ..."

5. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1862)
"gillies, JOHN, DH, an eminent divine of the Church of Scotland, author of the Life of Whitfield and several theological works, was bom in 1712. ..."

6. Problems in Greek History by John Pentland Mahaffy (1892)
"The first larger Greek histories known to me are those of gillies and of ... Yet the work of gillies, first published in 1786, gillies, was continued by the ..."

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