a. [ L. argilla white clay + -ferous. ] Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; clay + -lite. ] (Min.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. --
a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form;
n. A natural family of birds of the finch group having short conical bills adapted for eating seeds, including finches, goldfinches, bullfinches, chaffinches, siskins, canaries, cardinals, grosbeaks, crossbills, linnets, and buntings. This family at one time included the sparrows of the family
a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the family
a. Shaped like a small fungus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. Gillian, a woman's name, for Julian, Juliana. Cf. Gill a girl. ] A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.