Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]

1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. "Each Jack with his Gill." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names. [1913 Webster]

3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy. [1913 Webster]

Gill ale.
   (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
   (b) (Bot.) Alehoof. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.]

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. [1913 Webster]

Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper.

English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix).

German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (Senecio scandens).

Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).

Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.

Ivy owl (Zool.), the barn owl.

Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.

Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata), closely related to the Virginia creeper.

Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper (Rhus Toxicodendron), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons.

To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Alehoof \Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, "in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue." --Prior.]

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Cat's-foot \Cat's`-foot\, n. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [=i]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.]

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.

Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton.

Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton.

American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper.

English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper (Hedera helix).

German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of Senecio (S. scandens).

Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).

Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.

Ivy owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.

Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.

Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata), closely related to the Virginia creeper.

Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper (Rhus Toxicodendron), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons.

To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus Marcgravia.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Alehoof \Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, ``in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'' --Prior.]

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cat's-foot \Cat's`-foot\, n. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]

1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. ``Each Jack with his Gill.'' --B. Jonson.

2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

Gill ale.
   (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
   (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)