=Gill= (_Harry_), a farmer, who forbade old Goody Blake to carry home a few sticks, which she had picked up from his land, to light a wee-bit fire to warm herself by. Old Goody Blake cursed him for his meanness, saying he should never from that moment cease from shivering with cold; and, sure enough, from that hour, a-bed or up, summer or winter, at home or abroad, his teeth went “chatter, chatter, chatter still.” Clothing was of no use, fires of no avail, for, spite of all, he muttered, “Poor Harry Gill is very cold.”—Wordsworth, _Goody Blake and Harry Gill_ (1798). _Gill_ (_Mrs. Peter_). Bustling matron with a genius for innovation. She conducts her household affairs according to sanitary and sanatory principles; discovers that condiments are pernicious and that beans are excellent for the complexion; is bent upon a water-cure, and finds out and invents so many “must bes” and “don’ts” as to ruin the comfort of husband and children.—Robert B. Roosevelt, _Progressive Petticoats_ (1874). =Gil´lamore= (3 _syl._) or =Guillamur=, king of Ireland, being slain in battle by Arthur, Ireland was added by the conqueror to his own dominions. How Gillamore again to Ireland he pursued ... And having slain the king, the country waste he laid. Drayton, _Polyolbion_, iv. (1612). =Gil´lian=, landlady of Don John and Don Frederic.—Beaumont and Fletcher, _The Chances_ (1620). _Gillian (Dame)_, tirewoman to Lady Eveline, and wife of Raoul the huntsman.—Sir W. Scott, _The Betrothed_ (time, Henry II.). =Gilliflowers.= A nosegay of these flowers was given by the fairy Amazo´na to Carpil´lona in her flight. The virtue of this nosegay was, that so long as the princess had it about her person, those who knew her before would not recognize her.—Comtesse D’Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ (“Princess Carpillona,” 1682). =Gills= (_Solomon_), ship’s instrument maker. A slow, thoughtful old man, uncle of Walter Gay, who was in the house of Mr. Dombey, merchant. Gills was very proud of his stock-in-trade, but never seemed to sell anything.—C. Dickens, _Dombey and Son_ (1846).