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One who fulfills. South.

The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; as, the fulfillment of prophecy.

Shaped like a small fungus.

A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. Chaucer.

A lively French and Italian dance.

A metal plate covering the knee.

In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia. Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills. Ray.

A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. Sir W. Scott.

A shop where gill is sold. Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn. Pope.

A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.

of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also gilliflower.] Clove gillflower, the clove pink. -- Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). -- Queen's, or Winter, gillyflower, damewort. -- Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). -- Wall gillyflower,…

The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

Slender; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.

A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. Knight.

The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.