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Phloroglucin :: Phloroglucin (n.) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.].

Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..

Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.

Chalcid Fly :: Chalcid fly () One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects..

Topgallant :: Topgallant (a.) Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid.

Gaul :: Gaul (n.) The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul)..

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

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

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850..

Vat :: Vat (n.) A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States..

Gallipot :: Gallipot (n.) A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc..

Gallied :: Gallied (p. p. & a.) Worried; flurried; frightened.

Neptune :: Neptune (n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years..

Spark :: Spark (n.) A lover; a gallant; a beau.

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..

Galliard :: Galliard (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde..

Spurgall :: Spurgall (n.) A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.

Fiar :: Fiar (n.) The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year..

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

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