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gill (2)

gill [ jil ] (plural gills)


noun 
Definition:
 
liquid measure: a unit of liquid measure equal to  (a quarter of a pint) (118 ml () in the United States and 142 ml () in the United Kingdom)

[14th century. Via Old French gille< late Latin gillo "water pot"]
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