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gully

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1. gully - Noun

2. gully - Verb

3. Gully - Proper noun

Meaning

A large knife.

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

To wear into a gully or into gullies.

To flow noisily.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In farm country, the plover has only two real enemies: the gully and the drainage ditch. Perhaps we shall one day find that these are our enemies, too. Aldo Leopold

Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, The stars my destination. Alfred Bester

It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more. Alfred Bester

It's the same old wilderness, just no longer up on that hill or around that bend or in the gully. It's the fact that there is no more hill or gully, that the hollow is there and you've got to explore the hollow with faith. Ken Kesey

Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it. Edmund Hillary

The major suggested we go down a gully, but I knew that was the wrong way. And I told him we were not going down any gully. We were going straight through the German front line trenches back to the American lines. Alvin York

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