gill house

A house where gill is sold. *gill-run-by-the-sheet, s . Bot .: Saponaria officinal is . gill (5), *gille, *gylle, s . [O. Fr. gelle a measure for wine; cf. Low Lat. gillo , gella =a wine ve el, a measure; Ir. jale a large bowl; Eng. gallon (q. v.).] 1. A measure of capacity, containing the fourth part of a pint. The standard gill now in use contains 8'665 cubic inches. *2. A kind of measure among tin-miners, equal to a pint.