gilly
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As I came over the grey, grey hills And over the grey, grey water, I saw the gilly leading on, And the white Christ following after.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
"Don't pull, madam," shouted the gilly, and it was well he did, for I was just on the point of giving an awful jerk to get the fish loose from Jone.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
But Christ and the gilly will follow on Till the ring in the east is showing, And the awny corn is red on the hills, And the golden light is glowing!
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
Follow the gilly Beyond to the west: He leads where the Christ lies On Mary’s white breast.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
Close to one plate a bunch of stocks and gilly flowers reposed on the dirty tablecloth, as though dropped and forgotten by the God of Love.
From Fraternity by Galsworthy, John
The child of Imelda Marcos and Dr. Seuss would collect mukluks, galoshes and gillies and high-tops, and also some moccasins, chukkas and flip-flops.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2017
Knowing how dangerous mumps can be to a full grown male, Her Majesty ordered all mumpsful Scottish gillies tucked promptly into bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tenants, servants, and "gillies" on the Balmoral, Agergeldie and Birknall estates were bidden by their Britannic Majesties to a ball.
From Time Magazine Archive
George VI rolled out of Balmoral Castle to startle Aberdeenshire gillies with his new "shooting brake," a luxurious caterpillar-wheeled contraption with sliding win dows, special gun racks, facilities for serving lunch to ten guests.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last night on learning we were invited to this place, I searched for my gillies, but without success.
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert
His entire demeanour said, "To think that I should have carried the gaff, and gillied good salmon fishermen for years, and be degraded into this mean tomfoolery."
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
