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All listened for the sound of footsteps that did not come The old clock ticked out louder and more loud; the cricket's measured chirp seemed to grow more painfully audible; the wind whistled through the leafless boughs without, and in the lulls of the abating storm the low rumble of the ghyll could be heard within.

—The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance

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A false spelling of gill.

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"The team hoisted the casualty on a stretcher up out of the ghyll and carried the stretcher to the waiting helicopter." — News round-up
It stood at the foot of a ghyll, which, when swollen by rain, was majestic in volume and sound. — Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
All listened for the sound of footsteps that did not come The old clock ticked out louder and more loud; the cricket's measured chirp seemed to grow more painfully audible; the wind whistled through the leafless boughs without, and in the lulls of the abating storm the low rumble of the ghyll could be heard within. — The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance
He had come down the side of the ghyll, and had entered the house from behind. — The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance
The ghyll was swollen by the thaw. — The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance