gully

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(Scotland and northern UK) A large knife

With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another.

a small valley
A road drain
a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside
A drop kerb
A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
{v} to run with noise, to wear out or away
{n} a channel worn by a current of water
deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
this usually refers to a wide, shallow ravine on a mountainside
A channel resulting from erosion and caused by the concentrated flow of water during or immediately following heavy rains A gully generally is an obstacle to farm machinery and is too deep to be obliterated by ordinary tillage (A rill is of less depth and can be smoothed by ordinary tillage )
{i} trench, ditch; small ravine
A deeply eroded channel caused by concentrated flow of water
A very small channel formed by running water Gullies hold water for brief periods of time after a rain storm or snow melt
A channel on the landscape created by uncontrolled running water
A potential victim of a peel, a gullible sod
Large intermittent drainage channel developed from the erosion forces of drainages occurring from surface water runoff
A grooved iron rail or tram plate
A rift or narrow depression running up cliffs and hillsides In descent, best avoided, unless it is a well-known and easily followed route Often contains running water and loose rock
A narrow channel worn away by the flow of water, especially on a hillside
– A deep ditch or channel cut by running water; a small, narrow ravine
A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry
To wear into a gully or into gullies
To flow noisily
A large knife
A channel or miniature valley cut by concentrated runoff but through which water commonly flows only during and immediately after heavy rains or during the melting of snow The distinction between "gully" and rill is one of depth A gully is sufficiently deep that it would not be obliterated by normal tillage operations, whereas a rill would be smoothed by ordinary farm tillage
A channel resulting from erosion and caused by the concentrated but intermittent flow of water usually during and immediately following heavy rains Deep enough (usually >0 5 m) to interfere with, and not to be obliterated by, normal tillage operations
A gully is a long narrow valley with steep sides. The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully
a deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water, usually after a downpour
gulley
see gully. another spelling of gully
gulley
a small valley
gulley
a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow
gulleys
plural of gulley
gullies
plural of gully
gully
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