See Also: Gentle(medicine)
gentle(1)(dictionary)
gentle(2)(dictionary)
gentle(dictionary)
gentle(dictionary)
flower-gentle(medicine)
gentle-hearted(medicine)

gentle(2) (iou)



gentle noun. Also (obsolete exc. as in sense 3) gentil. LME.
[from the adjective.]
A person of gentle birth or good social position. Usu. in pl. (formerly sometimes in polite address). Now mostly arch. LME.
A maggot, the larva of the flesh-fly or bluebottle, used by anglers. L16.
= falcon-gentle s.v. GENTLE adjective 1b. L18.