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Gully vs Nadir - What's the difference?

gully | nadir |

As a noun 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.

As a verb gully

is (obsolete) to flow noisily.

As a proper noun nadir is

a male given name.

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 ----

    nadir

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
  • * 1638 , Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique :
  • (figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe.
  • * 1950 , Elizabeth Janeway, in Helen Hull (editor), The Writer’s Book :
    • In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year’s end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets.
  • (astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
    • The nadir of the sun is the axis of the shadow projected by the Earth.
  • (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.

    • References

    * 1860 , Henry Taylor, The Beekeepers Manual , page 24.

    Synonyms

    * (lowest point) lowest ebb, slough of despond, trough

    Antonyms

    * (point of heavens opposite the zenith) zenith * (lowest point) height, peak * (beekeeping) duplet, super

    Related terms

    * azimuth, zenith - (both from ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.

    • Anagrams

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