Gillies [noun]

"But times are altered since then, Gilly," said Miss Watling confidentially, and slipping her arm within his.

That Gilly run'd away, to get rid on ye, an' went an' listed for a soger, an' be gone to forin parts.

Should Gilly ever come back, I will give him this brave little hand myself, and feel proud of my daughter.

General Gilly knew better than to appear before them, and was condemned to death for contempt of court.

Gilly hesitated; the peasant insisted; the general wished to explain, but he was seized by the collar.

Gilly concealed his emotion, a momentary suspicion passed his mind; he appeared to reflect.

He got his name and his coat at the same time, for he was called ever afterwards "Gilly of the Goatskin."

But although he never stirred out of the cradle, Gilly of the Goatskin had ways of diverting himself.

One day when the Hags were away gathering willow wands, Gilly turned the cradle over and lay under it.

Gilly of the Goatskin put the egg on the table and wished that he might see himself as he had seen himself in the river.