WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Girl
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. g?r child.]
Definition : 1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.

3. A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]

4. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913