Gully

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gully \Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gulles}. [Etymol. uncertain]
     A large knife. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Gully \Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gullies}. [Formerly gullet.]
     1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of
        water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
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     2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.]
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     {Gully gut}, a glutton. [Obs.] --Chapman.
  
     {Gully hole}, the opening through which gutters discharge
        surface water.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gully \Gul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gullied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gullying}.]
     To wear into a gully or into gullies.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gully \Gul"ly\, v. i.
     To flow noisily. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gully
       n : deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a
           prolonged downpour)
       [also: {gullied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  125 Moby Thesaurus words for "gully":
     abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, box canyon, breach, break,
     canal, canalize, canyon, carve, cavity, chamfer, channel, chap,
     chasm, check, chimney, chink, chisel, cleft, cleuch, clough, col,
     corridor, corrugate, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, creek bed,
     crevasse, crevice, crimp, culvert, cut, cwm, dado, defile, dell,
     dike, ditch, donga, draw, dry bed, engrave, excavation, fault,
     fissure, flaw, flume, flute, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash,
     gill, goffer, gorge, gouge, groove, gulch, gulf, gullyhole,
     headrace, hole, incise, incision, irrigation ditch, joint, kloof,
     leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, pleat, plow,
     rabbet, race, ravine, rent, rifle, rift, rime, river bed, riverway,
     runnel, rupture, rut, scissure, score, scratch, seam, slit, slot,
     sluice, spillbox, spillway, split, streak, stream bed, streamway,
     striate, swash, swash channel, tailrace, trench, trough, valley,
     void, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap,
     water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks, wrinkle
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Gully, MN (city, FIPS 26270)
    Location: 47.76903 N, 95.62347 W
    Population (1990): 128 (65 housing units)
    Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56646

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Gully, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    106
     Housing Units (2000): 66
     Land area (2000):     2.010076 sq. miles (5.206072 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.008879 sq. miles (0.022996 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.018955 sq. miles (5.229068 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            26270
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             47.767185 N, 95.625386 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     56646
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Gully, MN
      Gully