Definition of gall

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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..

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Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer..
Leipoa :: Leipoa (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant..
Regally :: Regally (adv.) In a regal or royal manner.
Gally :: Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry.
Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S
Elector :: Elector (n.) Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote..
Certificate :: Certificate (n.) A written declaration legally authenticated.
Gallivat :: Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast..
Gallopade :: Gallopade (n.) I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop..
Tertian :: Tertian (n.) A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun..
Iulus :: Iulus (n.) A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha..
Meleagris :: Meleagris (n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys..
Gallyambic :: Gallyambic (a.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse..
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Agalloch :: Agalloch (n.) Alt. of Agallochu.
Disable :: Disable (v. t.) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.
Patibulary :: Patibulary (a.) Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution..
Galloper :: Galloper (n.) One who, or that which, gallops..
Water Cock :: Water cock () A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora..
Nutgall :: Nutgall (n.) A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut..
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