Jills

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Female ferrets, the small domesticated relatives of weasels often kept for hunting rabbits ; small measures of liquor, each equal to half a gill
2. Female members of the ferret family, slender animals kept for catching vermin ; small units of liquid volume, each being half of a gill
3. Ferrets of the female sex, small mustelids used in rabbit hunting ; little measures of spirits or other liquids, each one half a gill

Etymology: "Jills" is the plural of "jill," a small measure of liquid, used in alcohol measurement and paired with "jack." The pairing comes from the female name Jill, set against the male name Jack, much as the two names were paired in other everyday terms.

Synonyms: female ferret