Agalloch :: Agalloch (n.) Alt. of Agallochu.

Agallochum :: Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species..

Anti-gallican :: Anti-Gallican (a.) Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Burgall :: Burgall (n.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.

Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..

Conjugally :: Conjugally (adv.) In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.

Cup-gall :: Cup-gall (n.) A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.

Disgallant :: Disgallant (v. t.) To deprive of gallantry.

Emgalla :: Emgalla (n.) The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Engallant :: Engallant (v. t.) To make a gallant of.

Fore-topgallant :: Fore-topgallant (a.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail..

Frugally :: Frugally (adv.) Thriftily; prudently.

Gall :: Gall (n.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder..

Gall :: Gall (n.) The gall bladder.

Gall :: Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.

Gall :: Gall (n.) Impudence; brazen assurance.

Gall :: Gall (n.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy..

Gall :: Gall (v. i.) To scoff; to jeer.

Gall :: Gall (n.) A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer..

Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Gallant :: Gallant (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.

Gallant :: Gallant (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.

Gallant :: Gallant (n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer..

Gallant :: Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play..

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