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Webster 1913 Edition

Gull

Gull

(gŭl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gulled
(gŭld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gulling
.]
[Prob. fr.
gull
the bird; but cf. OSw.
gylla
to deceive, D.
kullen
, and E.
cullibility
.]
To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
The rulgar,
gulled
into rebellion, armed.
Dryden.
I’m not
gulling
him for the emperor's service.
Coleridge.

Gull

,
Noun.
1.
A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
Shak.
2.
One easily cheated; a dupe.
Shak.

Gull

,
Noun.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn.
gullan
, W.
gwylan
.]
(Zool.)
One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus
Larus
and allied genera.
☞ Among the best known American species are the herring gull (
Larus argentatus
), the great black-backed gull (
L. murinus
) the laughing gull (
L. atricilla
), and Bonaparte's gull (
L. Philadelphia
). The common European gull is
Larus canus
.
Gull teaser
(Zool.)
,
the jager; – also applied to certain species of terns.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gull

GULL

,
Verb.
T.
To deceive; to cheat; to mislead by deception; to trick; to defraud.
The vulgar, gull'd into rebellion, armed.

GULL

,
Noun.
A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
1.
One easily cheated.

GULL

,
Noun.
A marine fowl of the genus Larus,and order of ansers. There are several species.

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