Gilt vs Gill - What's the difference?
gilt | gill |
(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
Golden coloured.
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(animal anatomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
* Ray
(of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.
(mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne.
(animal anatomy) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
(figuratively) The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
(spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
* 2014 , Scott Tippett, Polaris (ISBN 1304268179), page 99:
(lb) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
* 1898 , Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor , page 255:
* 1971 , Michael Culley, ?G. A. Kerkut, The Pilchard: Biology and Exploitation (ISBN 1483186784), page 70:
* 1994 , G.D. Pickett, ?M.G. Pawson, Sea Bass: Biology (ISBN 0412400901), page 177:
(lb) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
* 2010 , Edward A. Perrine, Midnight Tracy (ISBN 0557472334), page 147:
A drink measure for spirits and wine. Size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint.
(archaic, British) A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
As nouns the difference between gilt and gill
is that gilt is (uncountable) gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding or gilt can be a young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding while gill is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.As an adjective gilt
is golden coloured.As a verb gilt
is (gild).As a proper noun gill is
.gilt
English
Etymology 1
Cf. gold and German GeldNoun
(en-noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.}}
Etymology 2
See .Verb
(head)gill
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills .
- Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills .
- (Jonathan Swift)
Synonyms
* (mycology) lamellaDerived terms
* green about the gills * to the gillsSee also
* lungVerb
(en verb)- She gutted and gilled the fish, then scaled it.
- Owing to the peculiar shape of the pompano and the relatively large mesh in the pompano gill nets, the fish are not caught by being actually gilled .
- In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled . The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port.
- The intention is to gill the fish, so they are usually scared into the net by rowing one boat into the middle of the net circle and banging the oars on the boat bottom or splashing the water.
- Also, when fish gilled there wasn't as much extra twine to tangle in, so they were easier to release from the net.