Definition of gall

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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..

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Talegalla :: Talegalla (n.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
Poecile :: Poecile (n.) The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught.
Gallomania :: Gallomania (n.) An excessive admiration of what is French.
Patibulary :: Patibulary (a.) Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution..
Galliwasp :: Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous..
Truly :: Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
Gallied :: Gallied (p. p. & a.) Worried; flurried; frightened.
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Druery :: Druery (n.) Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
Galloon :: Galloon (n.) A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
Homer :: Homer (n.) A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts..
Excubitorium :: Excubitorium (n.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night..
Turkey :: Turkey (n.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America..
Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop ..
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit..
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Topgallant :: Topgallant (a.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship..
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