Hawick gill

Scots

Etymology

From Hawick +‎ gill

Noun

Hawick gill (plural Hawick gills)

1. A serving of an alcoholic beverage equal to half a mutchkin or about half an Imperial pint.
   • c. 1740 Allan Ramsay, “Andrew and his Cuttie Gun”:

     Blythe, blythe, blythe was she / Blythe was she, but and ben, / And weel she loo’ed a Hawick gill / And leuch to see a tappit hen.

References

• “Hawick” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh