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A large knife.

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  1. n. A large knife.
  2. n. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
  3. n. A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
  4. v. t. To wear into a gully or into gullies.
  5. v. i. To flow noisily.
  6. n. deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
  7. A large knife. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. 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. 2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.] Gully gut, a glutton. [Obs.] Chapman. -- Gully hole, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water. To wear into a gully or into gullies. To flow noisily. [Obs.] Johnson.
  8. A large knife. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
  9. n:100 n. deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)