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Gully vs Glenn - What's the difference?

gully | glenn |

As nouns the difference between gully and glenn

is that gully is a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside or gully can be (scotland|northern uk) a large knife while glenn is valley.

As verbs the difference between gully and glenn

is that gully is (obsolete) to flow noisily while glenn is .

gully

English

Alternative forms

* gulley (Etymology 1)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) golet, from (etyl) goulet, from (etyl) .

Noun

(wikipedia gully) (gullies)
  • A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
  • A small valley.
  • (UK) A drop kerb.
  • A road drain.
  • (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
  • (UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
    • Related terms
    * gullet * gully gut * gully hole

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To flow noisily.
    • (Johnson)
  • To wear away into a gully or gullies.

    • Etymology 2

    Scots , of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (gullies)
  • (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
  • * 1883 , , page 139:
    • With that I made my mind up, took out my gully , opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another...
    References
    Gullies And Other Knives ----

    glenn

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , variant of Glen.
  • , fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.

    • Quotations

    * 1937 Clara Studer, Sky storming Yankee , Stackpole sons, 1937, page 19: *: The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond. *: The whimsy of naming her son after a local landmark was typical of Lua Curtiss. Then too a name like Glenn Hammond Curtiss has sweep and resonance, was much less commonplace than Harry or Jim or Charlie; or Frank, like his father. ----