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A Japanese singing and dancing girl.

Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.

A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl. [Obs.] The giglet is willful, and is running upon her fate. Sir W. Scott.

A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. "Each Jack with his Gill." B. Jonson.

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

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

A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. Sterne.

A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See Girl. Chaucer.

A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley.

To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden.

e bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.

A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach. Grew.

trol or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Rowe. Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. Palfrey.

An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.

A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger.

A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.

man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Gen. ii. 15. In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor. Carew.

A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

A young girl; a lass. [Scot.]