ghillie, gillie
(noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
gillie
(noun) a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gillie (plural gillies)
(Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
(Britain, Ireland, Scotland) A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.
gillie (third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied)
(intransitive) To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone).
gillie (plural gillies)
(Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink. [from 1786]
Gillie (plural Gillies)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gillie is the 20818th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1268 individuals. Gillie is most common among White (77.21%) and Black/African American (18.77%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Gil"lie Gil"ly, n. Etym: [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.]
Definition: A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
